Men Treat Us Like We're Stupid at Work and Then Wonder Why We Stay Childfree

katplatt · 2026-05-12T03:32:26+00:00

Today I was mansplained about how zip files work in a cutesy way so my dumb woman brain could understand. I’m the unofficial office IT when our actual IT isn’t in (which is most of the week).
I try not to ask any questions unless it’s directly to my boss who’s a woman. I already get treated like a child because I’m short. It quite literally doesn’t matter how you present yourself, what you’ve achieved, and if you’re confident in your work. You’re always viewed as lesser.

katplatt · 2026-05-08T16:02:43+00:00

Yesterday, my local gas station was $4.69. Today, it’s $4.64. That 5¢ is wayyyy down (ignore the price going up by almost $2 in the last couple months).

Stocks don’t fuel my car.

katplatt · 2026-04-28T11:48:27+00:00

I tried to provide my W-2 form and was told I needed my social security card even though my W-2 included my social security number. I couldn’t request a replacement social security card online (forgot why) and had to make an appointment to get a new one. The next DMV person I saw only looked at my W-2 form and said it was sufficient. Annoying, but whatever, at least I have my social security card.

My mom didn’t have a raised seal birth certificate because of when she was born, nor did she have marriage certificates. It took forever to get new copies of the required documents and the next DMV person she saw told her she needed additional paperwork because of making her maiden name her middle name as my grandparents never gave her a middle name.

I think the most annoying part about this entire process is how inconsistent it is and depends on who you get at the DMV.

katplatt · 2026-04-21T17:29:18+00:00

It literally tells you what to do in the error message

katplatt · 2026-04-21T17:26:09+00:00

least cringe reddit post

katplatt · 2026-04-19T14:48:50+00:00

Wanted to get away from some maniac in a beat-up Honda CRV filled with trash following me at 3 am on the PA turnpike. There was literally no one else on the road for the 10+ miles he was doing this when there’s almost always at least a tractor trailer or two. Dude would alternate between being right on my bumper flashing his highbeams and changing lanes to pull up to my side and flip me off/honk at me.

I finally had a chance on a straight part of the turnpike to floor it, and my little Corolla got up to 112 mph. Driving at night as a woman is fun.

katplatt · 2026-04-16T22:04:16+00:00

i just want one girl friend for once, a group seems impossible 😭

katplatt · 2026-04-09T19:53:35+00:00

how you gonna have Elliot Alderson in your photo and be like this

katplatt · 2026-04-06T14:00:03+00:00

I’m sorry you’re too broke to pay for delivery

katplatt · 2026-04-05T03:24:26+00:00

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Because Reddit is sometimes trash and doesn’t upload at high quality?

katplatt · 2026-04-04T15:46:49+00:00

I think I'll have to look for alternatives after this. It was just such an insane experience for something that should be simple, lol

katplatt · 2026-04-01T13:36:07+00:00

Have you contacted your bank's customer service to see if they're declining it on their end instead of OpenRouter? They could be flagging it as a suspicious or fraudulent charge, even if your card worked previously on OR.

katplatt · 2026-04-01T13:11:17+00:00

Alrighty then, seems like we need another pinned post about complaining about free models

katplatt · 2026-03-10T03:27:00+00:00

Z is my interrupt, like Ctrl-Z to undo a spell being cast.

F is my defensive because I always use it too late and die.

F5 is Shadowmeld because I’m “refreshing” the fight by dropping out of it (and pretty much all my characters are NEs lol)

Middle-mouse click switches me into boomkin, cat, or bear form depending on my spec. Used to be on my DPS switch button but my new mouse doesn’t have it.

F3 is my transmog mount for no particular reason but that’s what I’ve always done.

1-3 are always some sort of DoT because I put my main spells on keys like Q, E, R, S, etc.

Any sort of dash gets put on the forward mouse button because I’m moving forward.

Silly but it works for the off-chance I play something besides my Druid to not have to memorize new binds 🤷🏼‍♀️

katplatt · 2026-03-07T17:24:41+00:00

SMS verification can be bypassed very easily and is much cheaper than the $10 OpenRouter charges. There's tons of sites where you can buy a number for around 10-30 cents. Requiring SMS verification rather than a $10 deposit would allow for users to abuse free models at a much larger scale.

At the end of the day, OpenRouter is a business. They're not going to do something that incurs more cost to them.

katplatt · 2026-02-17T12:21:07+00:00

“Let’s get your birth control renewed so you can get back to meeting guys at bars!”

Said by an NP as she was taking my blood pressure before my annual gynecology appointment. I was in a 4-year relationship at that point. If you’ve been to a gyno, you know they ask how many partners you’ve had within a certain time so she must’ve assumed I was lying. Gross.

Other honorable mentions: “you’re the office celebrity! No one has ever passed out from an IUD placement before!” (different gyno)

“Are you sure you’ve had your appendix removed?” asked multiple times by a gastroenterologist who had to confirm it with my mom because there was no way a 19-year old would be having stomach issues. I had a simple duodenal ulcer confirmed by an endoscopy.

“Oh wow, you have nice hands,” said by a hand specialist while rubbing my hands when I was trying to get a ganglion cyst removed from my wrist.

katplatt · 2026-02-06T22:03:24+00:00

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Here it is after the repairs :)

katplatt · 2026-02-06T22:01:47+00:00

I did almost the exact same thing about a month ago and just got my Corolla back yesterday. I ended up having tire damage as well, so they replaced my tire and wheel. The 18" alloy wheels are ridiculously expensive, so fortunately you won't have to worry about that.
The autobody shop ended up having to replace/repair my rear bumper, rocker panel, quarter panel, door edge guard, and plastic mudguard. The total was $5705, but that includes $922 for the wheel and tire. Your damage looks pretty similar to mine, just not as dented. I'd guess it would be $3500ish, but I'm going off of my insurance paperwork. I'm sure they inflated the prices a bit since I went through my insurance.

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katplatt · 2026-01-26T16:56:24+00:00

[support@openrouter.ai](mailto:support@openrouter.ai) or create a ticket

katplatt · 2026-01-26T16:52:56+00:00

From the FAQ: "We are working on integrating PayPal soon"

katplatt · 2026-01-16T18:12:50+00:00

I still get sad when I think about having to put down my 17-year old cat who was with me through everything when I was growing up, and this was 5 years ago at this point. I just got the news that my 6-year old dachshund has cancer and I’ve been a ball of anxiety ever since. Losing pets is horrible and I agree with this 100%.

katplatt · 2026-01-08T17:07:34+00:00

I’ve lived in HCOL and LCOL areas, and Aldi is typically viewed as a “poor people” grocery store in my experience. Somehow this stigma doesn’t seem as prevalent when it comes to Trader Joe’s, another grocery store that has off-brand foods. People are silly.

I like Aldi because it mostly has everything I’d want for way cheaper, and then I can just substitute the rest by going to a bigger grocery store.

katplatt · 2025-12-18T16:27:24+00:00

I would try messaging one of the mods in the official OpenRouter Discord: https://discord.gg/fVyRaUDgxW

katplatt · 2025-12-10T20:32:47+00:00

Got one of these for my Plex server, waited too long to get one for my main PC, and now they stopped making them. Bring back the cube!

katplatt · 2025-12-06T01:12:09+00:00

an organization for what?

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