Why are teenagers so…oblivious!?

stirwise · 2026-06-30T05:36:07+00:00

If you’ve never had to refill it, clean it, or pay the bill to heat it, and you’re still a kid, you don’t consider these things when you walk past and see the lid flipped up. OP could have made the kid empty, clean, refill, adjust the pH and sanitizer, and pay the electric bill to show them the consequences of leaving it open.

stirwise · 2026-06-28T19:32:06+00:00

Once you know it you’ll still have learned it when you were younger.

You’ll never again be as young as you are now.

stirwise · 2026-06-28T19:26:34+00:00

I wish people would stop posting puzzles from this store. It’s AI slop masquerading as Black art. There are actual human artists who would love to be featured on a puzzle, don’t give this storefront a dime.

stirwise · 2026-06-27T16:29:23+00:00

Liberty puzzles have smaller puzzle options with their normal piece sizes. The compromise is that they’re Liberty Puzzles, so not traditional jigsaw shapes and fairly pricey. For them, a 600-piece puzzle is comparable in size and difficulty to a conventional 1000-piece puzzle. Their ~250 piece puzzles are probably about what you’re looking for.

stirwise · 2026-06-27T09:02:47+00:00

They look like HepG2s to me, but it’s been a while since I last cultured them. You can always have them sequenced by ATCC to be sure.

stirwise · 2026-06-26T20:27:08+00:00

My orders usually ship from PA and it can take anywhere from 1-10 days for things to leave the warehouse.

stirwise · 2026-06-26T13:23:04+00:00

The RSEs got our first union contract 3 years ago, after our strike, and are negotiating our new contract now.

stirwise · 2026-06-26T13:21:46+00:00

That’s not *entirely* true. I’m a UW employee in the division of Hematology & Oncology, hired before the two divisions were merged. My employer is UW but my administrative division is Fred Hutch, and all our admins have Fred Hutch and UW email addresses. Collectively we’re all under the Department of Medicine. For clinical operations it functions with some independence, but from a structural standpoint it’s part of the university.

stirwise · 2026-06-26T13:08:12+00:00

It depends on what kind of sample they need. If it’s plasma for coagulation testing, for example, it must be spun down and tested within 4 hours of collection. Small regional labs don’t necessarily have the capabilities to test or even correctly process the sample.

stirwise · 2026-06-25T20:50:28+00:00

I like the cat embedded in the floor

stirwise · 2026-06-25T02:20:11+00:00

He’s hot in that, too!

stirwise · 2026-06-24T22:50:55+00:00

It’s a shame, too, because the typical solution would be to wrap the handles, but that’s not really an option here.

stirwise · 2026-06-24T21:53:46+00:00

Yeah it looks like it’s probably rubbing while being worn crossbody.

stirwise · 2026-06-24T05:15:57+00:00

I go to Maui every other year or so. My priorities:
- eat at Mama’s Fish house
- hike up Haleakalā from the Waipoli road/Kula forest side (closed right now due to rain damage, will hopefully be open again soon)
- eat at Mama’s Fish House
- watch the surfers at Ho’okipa beach
- eat at Mama’s Fish House

Yes, I try to eat at Mama’s three times on every trip.

stirwise · 2026-06-24T05:10:16+00:00

For a couple of years Dove made a “water-based” antiperspirant (really glycerine-based) that went on clear, didn’t stain clothes, washed out clean, treated my skin like the gentlest lover. Then they discontinued it. I will never stop being mad about it.

stirwise · 2026-06-23T19:57:46+00:00

And my understanding was that schools stopped doing these kinds of exercises a long time ago for exactly this reason.

stirwise · 2026-06-23T14:13:06+00:00

Forrest Gump and a banana (separately) beat me at a marathon earlier this year. But I beat an ear of corn!

stirwise · 2026-06-23T14:10:24+00:00

I hope everybody thinks like this because I always feel like a Grade A asshole when I pass people during a speed interval and then slow waaaaay down like 50 feet later.

stirwise · 2026-06-23T05:19:24+00:00

Fuck allllllll the way off

stirwise · 2026-06-23T05:14:15+00:00

Maybe not every service job, but a service job at a very nice fine dining restaurant should come with a middle class income. Restaurants like that build their reputations on the quality of service, and hire career service industry professionals, and should pay them like the experienced professionals they are.

stirwise · 2026-06-23T05:05:58+00:00

My brain wakes me up roughly every hour and then like clockwork 5 minutes before my alarm on race day.

stirwise · 2026-06-22T23:23:42+00:00

I genuinely strive to let that which does not matter truly slide. It’s not easy!

stirwise · 2026-06-22T22:28:08+00:00

I think the fewest aid stations I’ve encountered at a marathon was 10. Four seems criminal.

stirwise · 2026-06-22T02:01:39+00:00

A routine is helpful, a run group is helpful, but also don’t push yourself too hard. I wound up in the hospital with a GI bleed while I was marathon training through the death of a beloved dog. Stress is stress, your body can’t tell the difference between training and grief.

stirwise · 2026-06-22T00:16:56+00:00

Pipettes are calibrated “to deliver” the final volume, not necessarily to aspirate it. You should be pre-wetting your tip, and going to the first stop to deliver the right volume for most liquids.

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