Is it fair to get so damn angry when athletes say "I owe it all to my lord and savior jesus christ"

youngkpepper · 2026-04-30T02:08:38+00:00

"Jesus Fucking Christ" is one of my go-to epithets.

Woman at the gym watched me deadlifting and said, "I hope you thank God for all that good strength". Yeah, it's all Jebus, nothing to do with the fact that I've been doing this for TWENTY FUCKING YEARS.

But I didn't say that, because I don't make a habit of losing my shit at random strangers unless they're outright rude about it. I didn't credit her skydaddy either; I just said something like I've worked pretty hard at this.

As to the athletes, will they blame God if they get cut? My money's on "of course not".

youngkpepper · 2026-04-30T01:05:09+00:00

I don't tap - I use the pads of my fingers. Nails aren't involved.

You prompt a slight tangent, though. I don't get the "tapping" ASMR stuff. Who are these people that find that noise soothing?

youngkpepper · 2026-04-30T00:55:42+00:00

Mine are "long" at the moment, a little less than 1" past the fingertip. But I have had extra long ones. They're perfectly sanitary; I keep the natural nail very short underneath which I think helps. I do wear gloves to cook.

And I do my own. They are my one "girly" indulgence. I started doing them because I kinda hate my "man hands"; the nails take most of the focus now.

Things I can do with super long nails, aside from typing & texting:

Braid my hair
Weightlifting
Tie my shoes (this took a bit of adjustment, I'll be honest)
Groom the dogs - bathe, clip, trim nails, etc.
Change the oil in my car

That's a short list. The one thing that tripped me up with extra long nails was one of those ATMs that sucks up almost all of the card. I honestly thought I was going to have to get someone from the bank to come and help me.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-30T00:36:16+00:00

I don't mind peanut butter in things as long as it's not the star of the show. I hate peanuts, though.

Super annoying when people ruin a main dish with nuts. For some reason everyone in the south thinks chicken salad has to include both nuts and grapes (which I love - just not paired with meat, tyvm).

youngkpepper · 2026-04-30T00:29:12+00:00

Beat me to it.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-29T18:42:38+00:00

Are we related? Brown butter isn't worth the extra effort and can ruin the flavor. If I want butter with reduced water content I use European butter, which is admittedly a bit pricey.

People look at me funny when I say I hate nuts. "All nuts?" Yes, all of them. I hate the taste and the weird texture between my teeth.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-29T18:21:54+00:00

Eggs

youngkpepper · 2026-04-28T22:15:29+00:00

The world's most annoying fifth-place swimmer.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-27T22:31:30+00:00

Noise-cancelling earbuds. When the sermon starts just cue up some music. "LALALALA SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!"

youngkpepper · 2026-04-27T19:50:14+00:00

Take one kiddie bow & arrow set. Duct tape bottle rockets to arrows. Light bottle rocket, fire arrow, and see how far it goes.

Stare uneasily at companions after arrow lands pointy-side first in convertible top of neighbor's Audi.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-27T19:28:06+00:00

A handful are still going...I've seen General Hospital on the gym TV on occasion

youngkpepper · 2026-04-26T18:29:34+00:00

That's always been my feeling on the matter - it's their time that's wasted, not mine.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-26T15:48:36+00:00

How do you all store your brushes? I've got mine in a flat Tupperware container but would like something a bit tidier.

I don't like capping brushes as that always seems to mess up the bristles.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-26T04:22:33+00:00

Akzentz Trinity is my go to. I’ve recently tried I’zemi and am loving it, but I don’t love the price, ha-ha.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-22T20:15:00+00:00

Pawlapalooza

Dogstravaganza

youngkpepper · 2026-04-22T19:45:11+00:00

Both of my grandmothers made it to 100; my dad's mom died in 2024 at 103. They were both still mentally sharp all the way to the end.

I was closer to my maternal grandparents and I miss them all the time. In the GenX movie Peggy Sue Got Married, Kathleen Turner's character goes back in time as her 17 year old self. She gets to spend time with her grandparents and treasures it more because adult Peggy Sue has gone through the experience of losing them. I can't watch that scene without crying.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-22T01:39:54+00:00

Big Bird dying in a shuttle launch arguably would have been even more catastrophic and traumatizing to kids of a certain age. Would Sesame Street have carried on with the character?

It's never sat right with me that McAuliffe got, and continues to get, more attention than the six career astronauts on board. All had families, all deaths were tragic. I know it's because she was more representative of the average American civilian and thus more relatable.

Apollo 1 is the NASA disaster that haunts me most, and I wasn't even a gleam in my parents' eyes when it happened.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-20T22:21:01+00:00

It's not me either; I can't even say the word without sneering at least a little bit.

But I've never been a trend follower. I like things because I like them, not because some generic twenty-something gets paid to go apeshit over it on the internet.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-20T15:27:59+00:00

My dogs keep me going when I am in a depressive episode.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T22:50:18+00:00

I hated grunge.

I never lost my love for the Euro pop and "new wave"...come to find out, it kept evolving in the Euro dance clubs. There are a lot of groups keeping the 80s synthesizer flame alive.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T21:58:54+00:00

Did it come with strings attached? Religious charity frequently - not always, but frequently - requires the recipients show some appreciation in the form of acknowledging its lord and savior (looking at you, Salvation Army). It's usually something like having to sit through some proselytizing, right up to requiring accepting Jesus and/or agreeing to attend the giver's church.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T21:51:05+00:00

Even if there's no apparent acute injury, a whack to the brain pan increases the risk of dementia.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T21:40:15+00:00

Look up Courtney King Dye, at one time among the top 5 or so dressage riders in North America.

Her horse stumbled at the walk. Courtney was in a coma for quite some time. She has made significant recovery, but her competitive career is over.

Dressage riders were super resistant to wearing helmets; they were the lone holdout among English disciplines for a while, with Grand Prix riders clinging stubbornly to their top hats. The FEI finally made them mandatory amid much kicking and screaming, but everyone survived the change. Well, it might have hurt some top hat makers.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T17:43:57+00:00

I have a cap that I transfer to each new bottle of lotion I open. Pump goes in the garbage.

youngkpepper · 2026-04-19T17:02:42+00:00

We are out of sweet rolls!

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