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1mo ago
inI finally broke down over an automated phone menu
Ugh, just mash zero to get a person.
1mo ago
inUnpopular opinion: Going away wrecks my at home fitness schedule
Wait, @dakotat43 is right that forcing the exact routine is a problem, but saying the tightness was just from travel stress isn't quite it. When I skip my normal stretches for a few days, my back and hamstrings get genuinely stiff (like, I can feel the pull when I bend over). It's not just in my head. Maybe at the beach you swap yoga for a bodyweight routine on a towel, something that still works those same muscle groups.
1mo ago
inI finally uploaded my sketchbook tour, but I'm conflicted about blurring out my friend's portrait.
Honestly Nora, reading this makes my head hurt from how much everyone's overthinking a simple blur tool! Next we'll be writing thesis papers on the deep meaning of using the mosaic filter versus the pixelate one. Your friend probably just didn't want to show their bad doodle of a cat that looked like a blob, not stage a quiet coup for artistic control. Sometimes a blur is just a blur, folks.
1mo ago
inReevaluating my stance on pellet grills after a backyard cook-off disaster
Hmm, pellet grills can stall too, in my experience.
1mo ago
inRant: My cousin's unsupervised reaper pepper bet landed him in the ER
Yeah, @colemartinez, that ghost pepper aftermath sounds familiar. I once accepted a dare to eat a whole raw jalapeno during a lunch break, and my productivity for the rest of the day was measured in emergency water breaks. The burning sensation convinced me I had invented a new form of time dilation where minutes feel like hours. Teenagers might see dares as immutable laws, but adults just have better excuses for their poor judgment. At least your uncle's produce mishap didn't require signing a waiver, unlike some of these food challenges.