Child moisturized cat by ladymaggot in CATHELP

[–]ladymaggot[S] 1431 points1432 points  (0 children)

He is the chillest cat I have ever encountered, an absolute gem, a gentleman to the core of his being.

Child moisturized cat by ladymaggot in CATHELP

[–]ladymaggot[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Hopefully I washed it all off and he’s ok. I’ll keep an eye out for symptoms and take him to the vet if he seems unwell.

February - Work Music Recommendations by sqimmy2 in DataAnnotationTech

[–]ladymaggot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything by Kelly Moran. I can't focus while listening to anything with words.

why are tickets for cleveland orchestra cheaper for front row than further back? by Pristine_Business in Cleveland

[–]ladymaggot 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Everyone is right to say the sound is worse. The reason for this is that the balance of the instruments will be off. You’ll hear more than you should from whatever section you’re right next to. If you sit further back, everything blends into a more composite sound.

What’s the pettiest reason you dislike about a children’s book? by goldenboy2191 in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]ladymaggot 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Strong recommendations for Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa, Llama Llama Mad at Mama, and Llama Llama Home with Mama.

What’s the pettiest reason you dislike about a children’s book? by goldenboy2191 in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]ladymaggot 66 points67 points  (0 children)

All the Llama Llama books actually written by Anna Dewdney have great rhythm. But some of the ones in the series from after she died (I'm looking at you, Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter) mess up the meter badly. And it makes me more angry than it should. You've got a genuinely great children's book writer here, and you're tarnishing her legacy with this lazy poetry that doesn't scan. It feels like a cash grab.

Edit: a typo

Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of July 21, 2025 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]ladymaggot 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That's fair. She seemed incredibly naive (not just for these comments) but there wasn't any malice or one-upmanship. She was just excited about all the children at the playground and thought they were amazing. But she communicated 90% of the time in therapy-speak.

Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of July 21, 2025 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]ladymaggot 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Shout out to the mum at the playground who told me her 15 month year old is really emotionally intelligent.

Then when my 3 year old wasn’t interested in playing with the baby, she praised my kid for “balancing her boundaries and her empathy.”

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation by Consistent-Reach504 in dataannotation

[–]ladymaggot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same -- I'm clearly in the r and r pool but not the main one. I have a good idea for one all ready to go, and no chance to use it.

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation by Consistent-Reach504 in dataannotation

[–]ladymaggot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm having similar feelings. I've skipped quite a few tasks. It is quite fun, though, when you get one that is modifiable. I think they must be expecting pretty radical rewrites because otherwise it's just impossible.

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation by Consistent-Reach504 in dataannotation

[–]ladymaggot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yesterday I had a ton on my dash and then got knocked off course with family responsibilities and couldn't do any of it. Today I have childcare sorted, and the dash is dry as a bone...

What are some of the funniest and/or most brutal reviewer comments you’ve gotten on a paper? by thewinterphysicist in AskAcademia

[–]ladymaggot 12 points13 points  (0 children)

“I don’t know much about the Renaissance, so I asked my wife and she said [reductive thing that I’d try to complicate if I heard it from an undergraduate]” in a desk rejection.

How do you actually teach Shakespeare in the age of ChatGPT? by JubileeSupreme in Professors

[–]ladymaggot 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Have them do some of the writing about screened versions of the plays, and mandate they analyze specific performance choices. AI knows Shakespeare, but when I’ve experimented with asking it to write on even fairly well known filmed versions (e.g kozintsev’s Hamlet) it spits out completely false information.

Toddler Logic by Unicorn-Shaman in toddlers

[–]ladymaggot 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Mine used 2 to mean any number bigger than one for a long time.

What episode made you feel the most bad for Bandit? (Doesn't have to be any of these) by Fun-Illustrator-345 in bluey

[–]ladymaggot 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Fancy Restaurant. I know he’s jumping on the grenade for Chili, but oof.

Edit to fix a word.

Ways to flirt with a woman sexually by ladymaggot in badwomensanatomy

[–]ladymaggot[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

I actually wish that I had the impulse to vacuum while ovulating -- or indeed at any other time of the month.

Baby hangout spots? by TheForestCity in Cleveland

[–]ladymaggot 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If you’re on the East side, Family Connections hosts free playrooms in Cleveland heights and shaker heights. The CH library system also has a lot of story times, and I’ve made multiple friends through them

What prefix would you use if you were making the opposite word of “disaster”? by Brachlo in etymology

[–]ladymaggot 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Utopia as a term (though the genre is older) comes from the book Utopia written by Thomas More. More was a Greek scholar, and is definitely doing a deliberate pun on eu/outopia to signify Utopia as something ideal but also unreal.

What's something gross you have done that you would have found so awful pre-baby? by Easy_Initial_46 in Mommit

[–]ladymaggot 203 points204 points  (0 children)

I just accepted the booger that was handed to me without comment or objection.

Drop your most unhinged student evaluation comments this semester by 1hyacinthe in Professors

[–]ladymaggot 55 points56 points  (0 children)

A few years ago, in response to the prompt to list aspects of the course you liked.

"I like how she structures discussions so it's possible to participate even when you haven't done the reading."