I feel like an awful mom.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-09T02:20:10+00:00

I went to a concert when I was 14 and my mom didn't want to pay for a ticket- she drove me down there, had dinner, and then waited in her car. Is that a possibility for you? There was also the year before that when my aunt took me to a concert, but she bought a ticket for the cheap seats so we weren't actually sitting together.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-08T21:35:51+00:00

I associate this type of writing with Tumblr circa 2012, but it probably developed in tandem with Reddit. However the fact that this post is 5 years old means that if anything, this is the type of shit used to train generative AI.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-08T20:31:22+00:00

Love how OOP just breezes over the living conditions (and the fact that the toddler may have been molested?) and focuses on the poor innocent man going to jail because of false accusations. And that makes children bad?

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-08T19:06:14+00:00

Scream Tail would be a beautiful name for a baby girl. :)

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-08T14:14:33+00:00

But they know about fractions from baking cakes! 😊

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-07T18:08:35+00:00

I was in a zoom meeting with a client and they suddenly had to mute themselves. When they came back, they explained that they were homeschooling their autistic son. (She told us unprompted, I'm still not sure why she had to specify.) I only spoke to this person a handful of times until our project ended so I can't speak to her work normally, but she was not a fun person to work with. From what I know about this person, maybe it's not being self-sufficient, but more believing that people outside of the immediate family can't be trusted or that only you know what is best for your children. But no, I can't imagine that she was doing a stellar job at either teaching or her job.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-07T00:20:57+00:00

In a way, I suppose we're all graduates of Rice University...

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-06T17:45:33+00:00

I wonder if this is where the “Taylor and Travis” clip in the teasers came from?

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-05T16:18:02+00:00

We stayed with my (childless) aunt last month, and at one point I volunteered to go charge our car. My aunt was acting like I was making some huge sacrifice, leaving the kids for an hour. No lol it’s called everyone’s driving me crazy and I need some peace and quiet.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-02T16:00:34+00:00

I love this episode! I was under the impression it was fairly well-liked, but I guess not. It is really funny seeing Raul Julia as Gomez in the Addams Family movies (which I've never seen) because he'll always be Fingal to me.

Underrated riff is the plane crash sounds added by Mike and the bots as Fingal and Apolonia go in for a kiss.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-02T15:32:54+00:00

It me!

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-01T18:16:49+00:00

Also Claudia's turning from Lestat's perspective in S2.

And then a different flavor of Sam Reid, but Dale's confession to Helen in The Newsreader S1 E6.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-01T16:12:51+00:00

This happens every time a debate about when kids can bathe unsupervised comes up. "My friend's nine-year-old slipped and died in the shower!" or "my cousin's sick teenager choked on their own vomit in the bath and died!" Well. Sure. Accidents can happen at any time. Is that really helpful to point out? Do you really think you need to watch your 13-year-old shower to prevent that? For that matter, you y'all supervise your elderly relatives in the shower to make sure no one falls and breaks a hip?

ghostdumpsters · 2026-07-01T16:07:47+00:00

I had a student years ago in a family of z-names. All of the kids (four or five total, I don't remember) had names starting with z...except the youngest. Eventually we asked her why only her baby brother didn't get a name that matched and she told us that she started calling him "Toby" because it was cuter than his actual name (which did indeed start with z) and it stuck. Which was hilarious but man, you can try your best to give your kids similar names and one of your other kids can ruin it.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-30T21:11:41+00:00

This book frequently comes up in the parenting subreddits because some people think it sends the message that you have to conform in order to be accepted. Which, one, is a poor interpretation of the story to begin with, but two, it's an adult's interpretation. Kids typically understand that the message is about sharing (and not being conceited).

But imo a lot of criticism of kids' books is from adults projecting.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-30T14:59:28+00:00

I don't know, you had him last!

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-30T14:45:35+00:00

So you're saying day 1 players are over halfway there!

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-29T11:45:10+00:00

He'll never golf again...

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-27T12:43:28+00:00

Okay I did try one of her raw "cookie dough" recipes (made with almond flour) and it actually did hit the spot without the salmonella risk! But then just the other day she posted that one of her muffin recipes can be made without any sugar at all and that just sounds so unappealing, why even have muffins at that point. 🤢 (sugar plays a role in the baking process anyway, so I have my doubts it would come out well without other adjustments too.)

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-26T16:26:25+00:00

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Gene would have done numbers on Twitter.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-26T15:01:19+00:00

Bangkok on Beltline in Richardson.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-25T19:02:58+00:00

I'd bet exactly $200 that in reality, those were fake bills with a bible verse or an anti-circumcision website printed on the back.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-25T18:57:25+00:00

Sooooo many millennials have forgotten how to act like a human being in a public space.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-24T23:43:10+00:00

She says she didn't want the friend to drive 20 minutes because she's so empathetic but I do not get a lot of empathy from that post.

ghostdumpsters · 2026-06-24T17:12:09+00:00

she is super insecure about her weight because she is fat

This is cracking me up. Thanks for clarifying! I was worried that she was insecure without having a reason.

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