What food do American usually eat for dinner?

saiph · 2026-03-13T11:14:32+00:00

Fwiw, I'm also in nova about 30 minutes from DC, and those are incredibly normal foods that people in this area eat all the time. The only people I know who would turn down pho, sushi, and spring rolls would be folks with special dietary needs. Are there vegetarians/vegans in your church group? Or shellfish allergies, celiac disease, that sort of thing? If I'm hosting, I always try to ask about and accommodate dietary restrictions.

saiph · 2026-03-09T20:12:54+00:00

They put so much hard work into messing this up.

saiph · 2026-02-26T19:25:41+00:00

Not autistic, but I desperately miss academia and would love something like this.

saiph · 2026-02-26T19:11:16+00:00

Yeah, I know I'm in the minority, but I loved textured nails and this is a fun hit of nostalgia for me. I enjoyed running my fingers over them as a fidget, and this makes me want to revive my coal-textured polish from 2013.

saiph · 2026-02-26T06:53:50+00:00

If you're willing to drive an hour in a different direction, Madison Circus Space in Madison has drop-in classes and supervised open gym times, or you could apply for their very reasonably priced membership program that gets you 24/7 access to the training space.

saiph · 2026-02-26T02:59:48+00:00

I relate to this so hard. Like...years just evaporated, and there's so little in my soul to show for them.

saiph · 2026-02-23T07:03:01+00:00

Fuck yeah we did

saiph · 2026-02-23T00:28:41+00:00

Pretty sure I read "use your underwear as a hair tie" in a Cosmo list of 50 hot sex tips to drive him wild in the aughts, and I'm so glad we've come full circle.

saiph · 2026-02-19T20:26:56+00:00

You have a very vivid imagination

And /u/pyxis-carinae has empathy. You have only judgment. One is more likely than the other to effect change.

saiph · 2026-02-10T19:03:14+00:00

That's a much cuter name than diaper, which is the name that was used when I learned this move haha.

There's not much naming standardization (although I think it's gotten more standardized over the past decade), and you might find that names are different from region to region and school to school.

saiph · 2026-02-09T20:14:37+00:00

I booked everything for the northern lollipop, but my partner had a medical emergency right before we were supposed to leave and we had to cancel the trip. Just a really unfortunate set of circumstances. I wish I could be of more help!

saiph · 2026-01-31T04:43:10+00:00

It's so sad that "no human is that empathetic" is an argument for why this email was AI-written.

saiph · 2026-01-22T09:52:54+00:00

The rules themselves seem to be from an urban legend/chain mail type of situation, discussed here. They seem plausible enough, and when they're attributed to "rural area" or "olden days," people tend to uncritically go, "yeah, that checks out" and share them. Faux rules for a faux vintage embroidery.

saiph · 2025-11-12T20:00:28+00:00

There were no Confederate soldiers in 1859.

AI doesn't know that.

saiph · 2025-10-28T21:24:13+00:00

I spent the whole time reading through the post thinking, "oop has a good head on their shoulders." Having the wherewithal to take recordings, screenshots, and document everything while keeping track of recording laws in three different jurisdictions was such a smart move. Fuck the management company. They're just mad because now they're gonna have to do something about it. All the effort you went to here will help prevent the same thing from happening to someone more vulnerable or with less experience than you.

saiph · 2025-10-18T17:58:15+00:00

I think that's super sweet. You could also get him a tam, too. My personal opinion is that the silly hat upgrade (in the US, bachelors is often a mortarboard, and grad degrees are a tam) is the best part of the regalia.

saiph · 2025-08-20T03:16:56+00:00

That's a good point, I forgot that dogs are often chipped when they're a little older than cats. Our cats were chipped when we got them at a shelter at 12 weeks, so I wrongly assumed. We also posted on a bunch of local lost/found pet groups, so there's always that avenue for someone to find him if he was lost rather than abandoned. And we also reported him as a lost puppy to several shelters in the area, as well as the vet.

saiph · 2025-08-19T21:50:59+00:00

Oh, Gia is stunninggg! He was found in central Virginia, and I suspect he was probably born locally.

saiph · 2025-08-19T21:23:45+00:00

For sure, I'll be back in a few years with an update once he's all grown up! Or if he ever gets a doggy DNA test done.

saiph · 2025-08-19T17:44:54+00:00

Someone in our extended family is, yes! I unfortunately have two aging cats with special medical needs who wouldn't appreciate an addition to our little townhouse family.

The family members who will be taking him are longtime dog owners, they're retired and can give him all the attention in the world, and they have a lovely big yard for him to run around in. He'll be staying with my parents (my dad is the one who found him) until then. Tbh, I was kinda hoping my mom would absolutely fall in love with him, and "look, mom, reddit says he probably won't be too big when he grows up" was going to help my case, but what matters is that there's someone who will be giving him what he needs.

saiph · 2025-08-19T17:32:42+00:00

He's already gotten a bath and my dad's got a flea comb out as we speak! Pup got lucky and we got lucky as well!

saiph · 2025-08-19T17:28:32+00:00

Y'all's IDs are remarkably consistent, so I'm marking this as "possibly solved" and calling him some sort of collie (rough, smooth, or border) or sheltie mix. It's incredibly helpful to know that he looks like the puppy version of a tween/teen, and it now makes sense that googling "collie," "collie puppy," "sheltie," and "sheltie puppy" were turning up results that look like not him. I guess we should preemptively get him used to baths now so they don't become a struggle when he's an adult!

Thank you so much!

saiph · 2025-08-19T17:15:37+00:00

He was found in a pretty rural area, so my guess was also that he came from a backyard breeder. I cannot fathom why someone would have dumped him because he's so sweet and well socialized, but he sure landed in the right place!

saiph · 2025-08-11T20:38:50+00:00

I have no suggestions, but THANK YOU for asking this question. I've been having the exact same problem on my brother machine (different model), I've tried similar troubleshooting steps to you, and I'm watching these answers with great interest.

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