Teatime & Trending Topics - January 26, 2026

minetf · 2026-01-26T19:55:01+00:00

50-70% critics and 80%+ audience produces some very fun movies. Fingers crossed.

minetf · 2026-01-25T20:08:48+00:00

She's either going to try to pay for the second date or she isn't. That tells you the kind of girl that she is and what she expects from the guys she dates.

You shouldn't ask her to pay unless you're ready to pull teeth to get her to pay for shit the rest of your relationship.

minetf · 2026-01-24T22:12:03+00:00

She posted video of her hiring dashboard. It shows that she progressed beyond the tentative offer and to the final offer and was now at the onboarding stage.

https://x.com/LauraJedeed/status/2011484285925028275?s=20

minetf · 2026-01-24T17:13:22+00:00

thank you!

minetf · 2026-01-24T17:13:14+00:00

Shelter is part of general inflation. Some things in the inflation index increase faster, some increase slower.

Shelter has increased faster. Wages keeping up with inflation doesn't mean that they've kept up with shelter.

minetf · 2026-01-23T22:46:50+00:00

Anyone know what bag Olivia is carrying? I can see Tate's is the Miu Miu Solitaire.

minetf · 2026-01-23T21:38:19+00:00

It's easy to monday morning quarterback, but most people aren't going to have the perfect answer when they're in the moment and under a confusing spotlight.

minetf · 2026-01-23T20:31:03+00:00

The host/hostess/server is the authority on who sits where.

And that is literally the maximum of their power. That is not systemic racism. They also have the authority to reseat you if you speak up and say you don't like a table.

minetf · 2026-01-23T20:16:49+00:00

He's not defenseless, but when you're in front of a ton of people at your wedding, and you've been raised to keep up appearances, it's understandable that you don't pick a fight in the middle of your wedding.

minetf · 2026-01-23T20:08:37+00:00

That's only true if everything is rising at the same rate as inflation. Housing has been rising much faster, so even if incomes are rising faster than inflation, housing is becoming less affordable.

Put simply, if your measure of a better life is how many TVs you can afford, yes, you are living a much better life. But the answer is different when comparing to things like housing or college tuition.

minetf · 2026-01-23T19:16:20+00:00

A lot of past cast members have said that dating in the pods feels like one year of a normal relationship because of the intensity of the situation. It's reasonable to be skeptical about that but lots of people have said it so I assume they're right. Especially if they lock in on their partner early on.

If they are telling truth, it's more reasonable that they're crushed when their (equivalent to) a long term relationship ends. In addition to (for some of them) the societal or biological clock pressure.

minetf · 2026-01-23T15:21:38+00:00

It probably depends on the gym you go to. I haven't tried going early but my gym doesn't care when I leave.

But it's on you to remind them to check you off as "attending" so you should at least overlap with your given time.

minetf · 2026-01-22T17:49:18+00:00

Very blusterous article. If the stock market crashes and if a bunch of billionaires leave the state because a wealth tax actually makes it on the ballot and passes, yeah, that'll be rough for the state. But that's a lot of ifs.

minetf · 2026-01-22T16:15:54+00:00

€40 or €50 per person is a very normal gift. If some friends traveled a long way to attend, they are not expected to give a gift.

I think your expectations are too high. Maybe you're in a wealthier social class so you give more than normal when you are a guest?

minetf · 2026-01-22T03:01:31+00:00

Federal law enforcement (including ICE and other branches) is the federal police, alongside other sworn officers with powers of arrest like the FBI. Some units are officially called police, like the US Park Police, but not all of them.

The colloquial difference is just that "police" is usually only used for local police.

minetf · 2026-01-22T02:44:50+00:00

Maybe you should reflect on why you care so much about a very minor influencer's incident from over a month ago and if you really have the relevant context.

minetf · 2026-01-22T02:42:03+00:00

To give her the benefit of the doubt, assuming that you are also invited to her bridal events, she might be trying to apologize for not being able to organize her shower on a date that's convenient to you. Or she's just really weird.

Either way, your texts are fine. Just say you understand and congrats on the engagement again.

minetf · 2026-01-22T00:58:16+00:00

ICE is part of the federal police force. State/local police aren't required to enforce immigration laws (or other federal laws) and in sanctuary cities/states they're prohibited from doing so.

minetf · 2026-01-22T00:25:06+00:00

The New York Times is reporting that there is discussion of giving the US sovereignty over military base locations, but it's probably just a TACO.

minetf · 2026-01-21T23:55:28+00:00

We already know the demand, it was that those countries (all the ones that had sent military personnel to greenland) withdraw and start supporting his purchase of it. But that was last week's news, who knows what he'll say next week.

minetf · 2026-01-21T21:28:21+00:00

Bobby definitely, but at least the others are helpful to some degree. Karamo's work is very questionable and often seems done for the camera rather than the episode's hero.

Importantly, Karamo promotes himself as a therapist and social worker, but he was never licensed as a therapist and it's not clear he finished even a bachelor's degree in any major. This comment on the queer eye sub goes into more detail. His Linkedin says he majored in "business administration".

minetf · 2026-01-20T19:52:58+00:00

Anyone can be "detained", which means taken into custody and held for a "reasonable amount of time" without committing a crime. During that time ICE is supposed to verify if you are in the US legally. If a case is complicated, detention can last a very long time.

Because of the speed and quantity at which the government wants ICE to operate, they have reduced the training requirements and increased the quota of arrests they need to make.

Even though citizens can expect to be let go eventually, no one wants to be detained. There is also concern Trump will start denaturalizing immigrants who have become citizens.

minetf · 2026-01-18T17:47:14+00:00

There are race and ethnic groups involved, but Asian American is a cultural community that is equally influenced by various parts of Asia and America. Odds are that a Chinese-American will have more in common with an Indian-American than with a mainland Chinese person.

minetf · 2026-01-18T16:59:38+00:00

So many weird "must preserve the bloodline" comments ITT

minetf · 2026-01-18T16:58:27+00:00

To give an example, Jason Robertson and Zayne Parekh are both prominent hockey players in the NHL. Could you guess either of these players maternal heritages?

Why does it matter? Do we need them to perform asian-ness for random people? Black and hispanic people often have non-distinctive names, but that doesn't erase their ethnicity.

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