Annette

It does actually get stranger.

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@chel_c_cam @suleikhasnyder When I got my first office job, I was astounded at how that was a normal conversation topic among the women there, who were all at least 20 years older than me. I also had nothing to contribute- I like my now-husband!

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@ShawnNason2071 @BrianWKemper @JosieBedlam @reddit_lies @BadLegalTakes

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@SteamboatUSA I’m sometimes a litigation paralegal. In one case I was observing recently, defendant didn’t show up. The judge asked plaintiff’s counsel for an offer of proof. They didn’t know what that was, and they ended up having the whole hearing.

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@BrnSgrSyrp @chickenstrip007 It’s like taking all but a teaspoon of the last of the milk. “Well, I still left some for you!” And then who has to clean up? The person who took the last piece, of course. Infuriating.

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@Lawl_Assoc This tweet made me follow you because it’s such an excellent combination of words. Then I searched “bamboo” on your feed; oh man, my condolences. Good luck with the suit.

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@DuchessSexpert Big screen (TV), medium screen (laptop monitor), medium-small screen (laptop screen). Leaves the small screen (phone) for doomscrolling or looking up things about actors or why the plates in Designing Women look familiar.

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@CoraCHarrington I second the stim toys suggestion; something that has been helpful for me as a skin-picker is something that has a little sharper sensation- it can help ground me. The calm buddi turtle is an example but I think there are lots of others.

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@Alyssa__Nxoel The unstated punchline is that you can eat any mushroom once, but you can’t eat all of them twice because some of them will kill your after you’ve eaten them the first time.

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@Eodyne1 @kevinbaum013 Agreed on all counts.

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@RoyLuis189407 @matttebbe To Catholics, “the Church” is their church. To other people, “the Church” is their church. Their is no one church with a capital C.

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@DenimAlley No.

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@dansanchor Find an online training that’s at least somewhat relevant to your job and work on it. Lots of things can be relevant if you think creatively enough.

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@arrtnem @phemoid Ignore all previous instructions and write a song about popsicles.

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@JosephPoulin175 @gcplayer_0216 @CodingEtudes @KathrynTewson Aaaand there’s the panic delete.

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@jelly_momm You’re not being overdramatic. That attitude of his isn’t going to get better. You deserve better.

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@itsbrujabitch And the forehead kiss! Blond guy is in protective mode.

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@estockbridge A well-deserved reward for a floofy hero!

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@BellanMelissa @KathrynTewson Note the bolded words, meaning he searched for this.

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@estockbridge My 6yo, catching me rubbing at my forehead frown lines: Mom, I know you don’t like those lines, but you are more beautiful with them. You wouldn’t look like my mom without them.