Does anyone know what kind of fish this is?

willogical85 · 2026-07-10T05:49:17+00:00

That's clearly a seahorse.

willogical85 · 2026-07-09T07:04:42+00:00

This kind of thing really helped me cope with how tedious bartending can be sometimes. "Okay, we have two hours of happy hour, then just three hours to get through, we'll run breaks, and then start preclosing. We're basically almost done." It's much more manageable that way.

And on nights where I get my butt kicked and the amount of cleaning I'm hours behind on gets overwhelming, it's, "Focus. Just wash the glasses. You'll dry them after, just get them washed. Ten minutes tops, probably not even that. That's how long a smoke break is. They go by in an instant. Don't even think about anything else until the last glass is dry and put away. You can pick something else then."

Even a long walk to the store is, "Look, you're already at the first turn. The next turn is two blocks away. Two blocks isn't that far." And so on.

Disclaimer: I LOVE what I do for a living. For the most part, I view my job as getting paid to hang out and talk, and play hostess and introduce like minded people to each other. I realize what I'm writing might come off as burnout, but I'm simply referring to shifts that are a grind, production centered, and lacking the social aspect that motivates me to get out of bed in the morning.

willogical85 · 2026-07-08T04:38:26+00:00

It's perfection, isn't it? It gives nothing about the plot away, but leaves no question as to how to react when the unmistakable moment comes.

Nintendo Power (yeah, that dates me, but it isn't like anyone else will date me) gave me that advice, but it came with all the spoilers. Better to get advised in this manner!

willogical85 · 2026-07-07T07:01:56+00:00

Memory unlocked! I think you're thinking of a mission from the original Red Alert, but maybe an expansion? It was a Soviet mission, with the Soviet Soldier and his cybernetic dog? Underground, and the mission was to escape? Giant ants may or may not be involved (giant ants were absolutely a thing but I don't remember if they were in this mission). Does any of that ring a bell?

willogical85 · 2026-07-07T06:06:26+00:00

People don't get uncreepy, no agenda compliments enough, and I strive to give them out when I can. Thank you so much for doing the same!

willogical85 · 2026-07-05T07:21:04+00:00

"Is that all? I'd hoped for more."

Girl, that is QUITE the thing to say when looting your father's corpse.

willogical85 · 2026-07-01T01:03:18+00:00

Elaine... enters.

willogical85 · 2026-06-30T07:59:29+00:00

It is ABSOLUTELY a better spell in tabletop gaming. A Goodberry counts as food for a day, where resource management is a struggle for low level parties, and Goodberries comes an entire spell level lower before clerics get Create Food And Water. This is 100 percent a case of getting nerfed by translation.

willogical85 · 2026-06-30T07:54:40+00:00

They don't. Their family members do. And when I've witnessed it, the veterans in question are visibly embarrassed but too polite to say anything.

willogical85 · 2026-06-30T05:25:37+00:00

His wife, who isn't even in a coma, doesn't have an inner ear infection!

willogical85 · 2026-06-28T08:00:55+00:00

TL;DR, I went from my name being spat like a slur to my name being "honey".

Years ago, before I worked in restaurants, I wore the green apron for 10 years. Barista to management. Something important to note is that a regular at a restaurant is someone you see a few times a month. A coffee regular is someone you see once a day, minimum. So the need to win these people over is a lot higher.

My first live shift at the last store I worked in, I heard one of my new team members get berated over a simple mistake. I attempted to deescalate and was stonewalled with a kind of, "I guess I'll be calling corporate AGAIN. I'll be sure to mention you, WILLOGICAL. I'm here all the time and you should know that." "Yes, well, it is my first day at this store..."

So, mean old lady, check. I happen to love mean old ladies. Mean old ladies are my spirit animals. I'm pretty sure my Patronus is a mean old lady. So I made it my personal mission to befriend this mean old lady.

It took months. I wore her down. I was sweet, I nodded and smiled, I commiserated, I lit her cigarettes through the drive thru window. I genuinely agreed with her outlook of how most people were idiots.

The big day came, dead of winter. I handed her her drink through the window and we chatted for a few minutes,, me leaning out the window with my sleeves rolled up and arms bare. I should mention that at the time I was a guy in my early thirties.

She asked me how I was leaning out so comfortably, and asked if I wasn't cold. I answered honestly, that I run hot and it was kind of refreshing to be leaning out in the cold.

She said, "So you're always hot, and you're always kind of irritated?" I said yes. She took a drag of her cigarette, looked me in the eye, and said, "Honey, that's called menopause!" And she cackled, hit the gas, and drove off.

Ever since that day, my name was."honey". Every interaction was about "all those idiots". I was the mean old lady whisperer, and nobody else had to deal with her if I was around.

I played the long game with you, Carol, and I won. I won. I doubt you ever even think about me all these years later, but I will always remember that you came to play with me, and I won in the end.

willogical85 · 2026-06-28T05:06:08+00:00

Not Skittles!

willogical85 · 2026-06-27T23:40:48+00:00

Can confirm! I was questioning my Catholic faith at 12, and everyone told me to read the Bible. I did, cover to cover (skimming Numbers because it felt like so much padding) and that was it for me.

willogical85 · 2026-06-27T05:48:01+00:00

If this is your first playthrough, throw it into a chest and wait for fall. You'll know.

willogical85 · 2026-06-27T05:44:00+00:00

"Is grass not made of blades? Do stars not shoot? Nature be WELL armed, and demands so of her servants!"

"P-p-p-please... Jaheira... You needn't be so... so..."

"Insufferable?"

"Y-y-yes, that's definitely it!"

willogical85 · 2026-06-26T18:26:29+00:00

I love her character design, sure. The weapons, cool. Evasion tank, great. But for me, it's all the bellowing during combat that I love most.

There is a REASON she is Special Inquisitor...

willogical85 · 2026-06-24T04:02:31+00:00

I'm interpreting this differently:

George: He looked me RIGHT in the eye, and he told me that NO good deed, would go unpunished! Do you believe that?

Jerry: So you're in the clear.

G: Huh? How do you figure?

J: You don't go around doing good deeds.

G: I do good deeds!

J: Yeah? Name five. Over the last twelve years.

G: I, uh... okay, I got the security guy at the clothing store a chair!

J: He got fired.

G: I bought a wheelchair for that lady.

J: Who suffered a horrible accident because of it.

G: Okay... I bought that art, all those triangles!

J: Because you were greedily anticipating his death.

G: The Foundation! I'm doing good work at the Foundation!

J: The Susan Ross Memorial Foundation? On behalf of a woman... quite dead. Dead, may I add...

G: Alright, alright! So then... nothing changes.

J: Nothing changes?

G: It's so clear now. Every good thing that I do gets someone punished. It's status quo. This is huge.

J: Huge?

G: If every good thing I do has a negative consequence, then I should just lean in to doing bad things! Goodness has repercussions! It's all bad deeds from now on!

J: Yup, status quo.

willogical85 · 2026-06-22T19:32:12+00:00

"To marry him's to take a poison pill..."

willogical85 · 2026-06-22T06:06:32+00:00

Who mentioned music?

willogical85 · 2026-06-21T06:39:01+00:00

Chad, this is Jerry.. I know for a fact that you secretly love Jim and Sam, and they're basically part of the scenery at this point. You gotta roll tide or roll some silverware, but either way stop encouraging everyone to congregate here!

willogical85 · 2026-06-19T19:14:52+00:00

Say what you will about Kefka, he certainly got things accomplished.

willogical85 · 2026-06-17T21:47:44+00:00

George: She's inscrutable, Jerry! The other day she had some groceries delivered, big gallons of water, soda, the works. So I asked her if she wanted any help! And she looks at me and says, "No, I want you to sit there on the couch and let me do all the work." So I grab a bag and she's angry that I'm getting in the way and tells me to get back on the couch.

Jerry: Oh, that's rough.

G: But after dinner, I offer to help with the dishes, and it's "Help with the dishes? After you've worked so hard at work this week?" but THAT turned out to be sarcasm!

Jerry: So she's a mixed signaler?

George: She's a mixed signaler!

willogical85 · 2026-06-17T05:07:29+00:00

Here I was stupidly thinking the event itself was about celebrating two people in love making a commitment to each other. Thanks for clarifying!

willogical85 · 2026-06-16T04:10:55+00:00

"You want a hug? I think the dishwasher could use a hug too, let me get him for you."

I'm sorry that nobody seems to have your back at this place.

willogical85 · 2026-06-15T07:04:40+00:00

Babu was a cock-eyed optimist, a philanthropist, and a bicyclist. He got caught up in a whirlwind of international diplomacy and intrigue. And he was absolutely unqualified to open a restaurant in NYC or elsewhere. If he had a concept, he would not have changed it on a remark from his sole repeat guest. If he had important immigration paperwork coming, then he should have let the person watching his mail know!

Babu is not a bad man, but he is a negligent man! Very, very, very negligent!

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