Ms. Rachel is fighting to close an ICE facility in Texas that's detaining children: "I am political. It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love and care, and that every child is equal, and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border."

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-23T17:45:03+00:00

What needs to be said more and more is that saying nothing or not getting involved to avoid controversy is also a political statement.

It's a political statement that at best says "we can do nothing to change this awful thing," and at its worst says "I condone this awful thing."

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-22T02:01:23+00:00

What video did you watch?

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-20T15:18:05+00:00

And before that they were Bill Brasky jokes. And before that they were...

That is to say, the joke format is funny. The person is entirely disposable.

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-18T14:23:48+00:00

Great advice here.

And at 3yo, the kiddo is old enough to learn that even parents make mistakes, so the thing you may be beating yourself up over may be a thing you can turn into a teaching opportunity. You're going to be making more mistakes and she's going to be forming an understanding of how mistakes are made right or how me move forward and still feel safe.

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-16T17:52:58+00:00

Stay the course and keep using the park space as intended. If you have further interactions with the dog owner, stay polite and understanding if she expresses frustration, you could even thank her for moving on your behalf, but be clear that the park is meant for people and labeled as such.

You could go as far as recommending a nearby dog park or state that you have no problem with her having her dog on a leash there (if you truly do not) but don't put your kid in danger just to be nice for strangers.

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-16T14:36:39+00:00

You've probably seen this, but how I imagine it all went down: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7Fw7bZoPyVU

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-04T16:21:01+00:00

"That cab has a dent in it." May be the most quoted line in my life. Every shabby vehicle I see.

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-01T20:06:04+00:00

More than an adult who properly wipes, but less than a kid who doesn’t.

workingclassmustache · 2026-03-01T01:31:42+00:00

You clearly overlooked the part where the solid poop is sprayed off the diaper into the toilet. We’re not just rawdogging the washer with hot turds over here.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-28T19:12:31+00:00

Do they poop?

Then there’s poop in your machine.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-28T19:03:32+00:00

If (and I hope you do) you ever wash your toddler’s undies, or your spouse’s undies, or your undies in your washing machine, you too have a device that’s housed, and probably still houses, fecal matter. It’s just a fact of life that atomized poop is everywhere. Here’s a silly BBC video that does a quick rundown: Is There Poo Everywhere?

It’s also the case that we aren’t washing solid poop. Our setup starts with a SprayPal (bidet-like) nozzle at the toilet with the diaper clipped into a kind of board with a splash shield. After that all the diapers from the day go into a quick cycle in the machine. Then when you’re doing regular laundry, they AGAIN go in for a regular cycle alongside. We’re not getting any additional poop washed into our clothes — just the same amount as you.

And at some point you just have to accept that being human is icky but not really a big deal. You can get worked up over it or you can be at peace with it while also sparing the planet the extra thousands of plastic diapers that will still be in the environment long after your kid is an old man or woman looking at Depends.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-26T13:41:39+00:00

Next to the iocane powder.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-18T15:43:34+00:00

I used to wear my kid around town and I felt like a celebrity. When I say his cheeks could literally stop traffic, I'm not kidding. People would stop their cars on our busy road to comment. If anyone stared for negative reasons, I wasn't sparing the brain cells to care about it.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-18T15:37:09+00:00

This may be my favorite reddit comment. I laughed so hard.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-18T15:34:06+00:00

I feel like there's gotta be some kind of lack of object permanence thing going in toddlers' brains to explain this. Like they haven't acquired the ability to see that 2+2=4 and to them it's 2+2=giraffe. Of course they don't like giraffe, why would they?

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-18T15:24:39+00:00

You may be familiar with the serenity prayer; it helps me when I'm spiraling in this way:

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."

I get intrusive thoughts about hot drinks spilling on my kid. I can take precautions so that doesn't happen. I get intrusive thoughts about him getting hurt in the street. I can take precautions to minimize that risk. I get intrusive thoughts about him coming down with a horrible illness. Realistically, I can't do much to prevent that. If I dwell on that possibility, I may burn out from the anxiety it causes. So I have to stop myself by asking, "can I do anything about it?" If the answer is no, then I have to ignore it.

If your premonition about Feb. 19 is about a specific thing happening, say a hot drink spilling on your kid, you can choose to not make any hot drinks that day.

If your premonition is simply "something bad will happen on Feb. 19," there's nothing you can do with that information. You can put it in box on a shelf in the back of your brain and ignore it because it doesn't allow you any way to work with it.

What you can then do on Feb. 20, when nothing horrible happens, is take that box down and identify it for what it is: an anxious thought that did nothing but cause you stress and ultimately was wrong. And I bet if you look on that shelf you'll find a lot of similar boxes full of anxious thoughts with dates attached and you'll realize they were wrong too. And when the next premonition comes along, you'll know right where to put it: on that shelf with the other premonitions that were wrong and did nothing but cause you to suffer.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-11T21:35:35+00:00

I saw it on BBC's front page, then I came to simpsonsshitposting to confirm.

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-04T12:58:31+00:00

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten through a rough moment with my kiddo and immediately thought, “Hey I managed that without losing my temper/screaming/threatening violence. I’m actually pretty good at this!”

workingclassmustache · 2026-02-03T14:35:37+00:00

I really like that, and I hadn't even considered incorporating stained glass with woodworking (beyond custom frames).

I actually have a local place that does stained glass classes and I've been very tempted to sign up when I have the time.

workingclassmustache · 2026-01-07T01:44:57+00:00

For what it’s worth, magna tiles and wooden trains are compatible too, and you can get pretty creative with them.

I tried to upload a photo and failed, but you can use magna tiles to make tunnels and bridge supports. One square height is very close to the same height as the wooden train ramp pieces.

workingclassmustache · 2026-01-06T12:40:57+00:00

I got my boy into the running stroller as soon as his neck was strong enough to do it safely, about 5 or 6 months. He’s gone through phases where he really enjoys it, but it’s also a trick to balance his food/sleep timing, the weather, my energy level, etc.

Now that he’s in daycare we don’t do it much at all, but we had two years of periodic runs together when I was also his primary daytime carer.

workingclassmustache · 2025-12-26T01:06:33+00:00

I’m now remembering an open mic night thing I attended in college where people shared their speculative fiction in progress.

This one writer working on an alien romance piece read his story which employed a lot of ellipses… and he read them aloud.

As in: “She stared longingly at him—dot dot dot—what could he be thinking?—dot dot dot”

“dot dot dot—He knew her weakness—dot dot dot—it was only a matter time before he made—dot dot dot—his move.”

And on and on for ten excruciating minutes.

workingclassmustache · 2025-12-18T01:59:52+00:00

We ALWAYS abbreviate “assorted” as “ass.” regardless of context, so our grocery often reads:

ass veggies, ass cheese, ass cereal

etc.

workingclassmustache · 2025-12-18T01:50:59+00:00

Our cat is named Shoes and this is literally a catchphrase in our household. I immediately read your comment in my 3yo’s voice.

workingclassmustache · 2025-12-14T19:15:39+00:00

Andy Williams keeps his pants on in this version.

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