marshadow

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, when collaborating with someone who was only familiar with light mode and felt disoriented by the different appearance. I wanted to scream and hiss like a vampire.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

During morning rush hour (a near-standstill occasionally broken by brief periods of 10mph movement), I once saw a woman eating a bowl of soup/oatmeal/whatever while steering with her elbows.

It seemed to be a regional norm to eat breakfast in the car because a 20 mile commute generally took 1.5-3 hours and often moved slower than a walking pace, but that was the only time I'd ever seen someone eating food that required a dish and utensil.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

The acronym "Laws" is a little too on the nose. I'd ask whether anyone involved in the development of these has seen the documentary film Robocop, but clearly they have and thought it was a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m confused. When I lived in apartments, I never built them myself. Can you explain how one builds one’s apartment?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Bus stops on the main road(s), placed so everyone has a stop within a 15-20 minute walk.

Sort of agree with others suggesting getting rid of the neighborhoods in the first place, but sharing walls is hell. When the only way to speak confidentially in your own home is to whisper, it's impossible to wfh or have a telehealth appointment (or, worse, a teletherapy appointment).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Only once they start to wear out under the big toe, otherwise I can't tell the difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Same. I use granulated salt from a jar near the stove while cooking, and there's a grinder on the table for when I forget.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I prefer old-school trance, mostly, but anything high-energy and instrumental works. I've been known to use the Mario Kart soundtrack now and then. The important part is that either there are no lyrics, or the lyrics are in a language I've never attempted to learn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m mostly remote now, but on my in-office day it’s a 25mi/40km trip. (We bought the house years before I got this job, I don’t have the energy to keep a house showing-ready while working full time, and the houses near work aren’t in great shape.)

The morning commute takes about 40 minutes by car, the evening commute is more like 50-60 minutes. There’s technically bus service available, if I wanted to take 2+ hours each way, but I prefer having time to eat real food and do some exercise and mabye a hobby.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

As others said, it depends on situation and local culture. I (American woman) expect to shake hands when meeting someone professionally.

Don't do that weird thing where you gently pinch her fingertips though. Shake hands normally, like you would with a man. (Unless you like to rearrange each others' bones when shaking hands with men, in which case ease up a little.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Part of me is outside, part is inside, and part is stuck in the wall.

[–] [email protected] 120 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So companies will stop lying in the sizing charts, right? Right?

If the sizing chart says size M fits a 28” waist and the size M is actually 32” in the waist, their lying ass should pay the return shipping.

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