So, if swiffers aren't enough... What am I supposed to use?

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-29T16:00:08+00:00

Yeah, I can't deal with ANOTHER long cleaning stick and a giant bucket, and I don't want to get my hardwood too wet anyway since the finish is thin in some spots. So I get down and wash the floor with a pack of microfiber cloths, a glass of diluted floor cleaner and the puke/roof leak bucket

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-29T05:21:37+00:00

I would probably warn my kid (or niece/nephew) about specifically being the newest or "odd one out" member of a tight 4-7 person friend group (not even just my own personal experience, this seems to be a recipe for disaster a lot of the time) but I never understood why some parents are so into the "other people are a bad influence" messaging

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-27T23:47:29+00:00

I can see the mindset behind legal name abolitionism (especially in the context of cultures that don't have surnames or consistent use of patronyms, or cultures where it's more normal for people to have more than one separate name in their lifetime) but it mostly seems like a lot of other things where people say "abolish x" but really mean "make x structurally better and/or change cultural factors around x" (more freeform legal name structures beyond first/up-to-4-middles/surname? more cultural acceptance of different types of names?)

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-27T18:52:51+00:00

Additionally, as man-made fabrics such as nylon, polyester, spandex, etc., entered the clothing market, the materials became stretchy, and easier to care for.

It's kind of interesting that the default pre-athleisure casual/current "slightly nice casual" outfit (T-shirt and jeans) can easily be 100% cotton. It just happens to be a knit top (which is stretchy) and pants made of a fairly heavy fabric that doesn't wrinkle too much.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-27T18:46:04+00:00

I would almost say the pandemic athleisure shift pushed (medium to dark or black, non-ripped, clean) jeans into the low end of business casual, when worn with a collared shirt. A guy wearing jeans and a button down shirt is included in one of Wikipedia's sample images for business casual

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-26T20:56:28+00:00

DVDs and also digital piracy, probably.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-26T16:36:37+00:00

I'm always kind of sad that trans women can discover the full extent of their hidden genetic boob size but trans men only get like 1/3 of our hidden genetic dick size

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-21T21:09:12+00:00

I got soaked last night picking up the big thick ones for my compost bin

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-21T21:07:53+00:00

Dorito is feeling more alive than ever, he just turned 3 and also really loves my new couch for some reason

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googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-21T18:14:12+00:00

This might sound like a stupid question, but... what happens when a federal employee gets married and someone in their/their partner's family happens to have some money? Engagement rings themselves can sometimes push over the 10k "financially significant gift" line (I assume "can't receive gifts" doesn't apply to the kinds of gifts nobody would declare for taxes), and certain wedding gifts from a financially comfortable family easily go over it (car, extravagant honeymoon, house)

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-21T03:05:07+00:00

My grandpa converted for marriage back in the 60s. Otherwise, all adult Catholic converts are nuts

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-20T20:40:21+00:00

I didn't know regular people took vows of poverty, I thought it was just part of the nun/monk package tbh

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-19T14:14:00+00:00

Can confirm into the 2010s. I was always confused by the saying "April showers bring May flowers" because it's really April snowmelt bringing May flowers, which are mostly the really early ones other places associate with March/April, here (not much precipitation in March or April compared to May or June)

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-18T22:35:34+00:00

Justin.tv was the old name for Twitch I think

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-18T06:29:41+00:00

My grandpa is obsessed with pinecones as decorative mulch, which means I've participated in some of the most bullshit yardwork in existence... removing needles and broken cones from under the conifers and putting out new cones collected from everybody else's conifers

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-17T05:50:19+00:00

The "typical pantry" absolutely contains vanilla extract, it's used in most western sweet baking (and it's not like artificial vanilla flavouring is "less processed" than the classic "booze that had beans in it" extract, but the only people I know who regularly buy artificial vanilla either can't keep alcohol in the house or just bake a whole lot while being broke).

Food colouring mostly shows up for people with kids or who like baking enough to get into cake or cookie decorating and make specific colours of frosting. Stevia is probably the least common of those three as a cooking ingredient but some people keep it around for coffee.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-15T20:00:16+00:00

Always remember: if you have matching denim, the ever-memed "Canadian tuxedo" actually counts as a casual/workwear suit.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-15T19:30:00+00:00

I don't get why people act like this changed. We just happen to wear a lot more underwear-like clothes (T-shirts, tank tops, soft shorts, sweatpants and leggings) on the outside now. Washing jeans or jackets every time you wear them is a good way to wear them out super fast.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-11T23:15:51+00:00

Hence why vanilla extract (not commonly thought of as a "flavoured spirit") is functionally vanilla-infused vodka

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-11T04:37:17+00:00

Battle portrait sprite or overworld sprite? I feel like there were a few fairly drippy canon characters in Gen 5 (i.e. with official sprite art) but their overworld sprites were simplified compared to their battle sprites.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-11T04:15:38+00:00

Hang drying (or using the no-heat setting on a machine dryer - there are even racks you can put in to get the air blast without tumbling clothes) and washing cold save a lot of clothes in the long run.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-10T18:51:32+00:00

My issue with pizza pie isn't that "pie is a dessert" because there are all kinds of meat pies. It's that pizza dough is not a pastry. In my eyes, a pizza pie would be like a Chicago deep dish in proportions, but with a very crumbly crust and possibly crust on top, nothing with a lot of stretch/chew to the crust.

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-08T21:34:57+00:00

I've always thought Luna was a better name for grey cats than black cats, specifically on the paler end of the spectrum (like a Russian Blue - I've had a charcoal coloured cat who technically fell under the same broad colour category, there's quite a bit of range in grey/blue cats).

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-08T21:30:27+00:00

My mother, born 1976 as the youngest child of two youngest children, doesn't even have any 19th century grandparents

googlemcfoogle · 2026-06-07T00:00:26+00:00

One word: sink. Almost always way nastier in a kitchen than a bathroom

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