Middle and high school are full of stupid misconceptions about girls. In my middle school, people believed that if you wore black panties, it meant you’re DTF. The boys also thought that if a girl’s nipples were hard, it meant she was turned on. No amount of saying, “Bruh, it’s just winter,” or asking why boys’ nipples don’t get hard when they’re horny, would change their minds.

It all really boils down to - some boys will grasp at anything to confirm their belief that a girl is interested in sex.

I’ll be thinking of this story next time a company claims that, “We’re a family here.”

Nobody said “blossom” but you, so it’s weird you keep saying it in quotation marks as if it’s something OP said. Imagine for a moment that women are people, not sex objects, and re-read what she said. Consider how much emotional and mental growth people go through in their 20s and beyond. We don’t know what OP was like as a young 20-something nor what she went through in life since then, but there are so many ways people can change and grow into themselves, to become proud of the adult they’ve become.

Just because she said “woman” instead of “adult” doesn’t mean there’s any sexual intent, and it’s frankly fucked up that simply indicating her gender is enough to put your mind into the gutter.

due to an accent

Those darn British accents did it again!

That’s like asking why so many anime women have massive titties. Fan service, obvs.

How many times have you seen a commenter on here say, “Fuck Reddit”? OP’s just giving the viewers what they want.

I read through all the comments hoping someone would explain the rubber duck part. Your comment’s at the bottom of the page, and yet it’s the first one I’ve seen to question it.

Does anyone know what the rubber duck is supposed to add? Inquiring minds want to know!

Huh, the shine of the anti-reflective coating on her glasses lines up perfectly with her irises, both in location and color. It does almost look like it’s coming from her eyes.

Depends. How are you eating? Are you meticulously separating your food and eating it in a particular order? Do you break apart your tator tots into tiny bits, or do you pull the chocolate chips out of your muffins to eat them separately? Maybe you eat all the green veggie straws, then all the yellows, then all the orange ones, never deviating from that pattern?

It’s fascinating looking around the lunch room in a school for autistic children.

I can’t imagine not masking at work. It’s so ingrained that I don’t know what “not masking” in a professional setting would even look like. When I’m alone I don’t mask, obviously, but when I’m alone I’m also not talking to anyone. So there’s no facial expression or tone of voice to monitor.

I’ve had way, way too many bad experiences related to not masking. Too much punishment, too many baseless accusations, too many authority figures confusing flat tones of voice with “sarcasm” or “rudeness.” The idea of not masking in a professional setting is as scary as showing up to work naked.

It’s cool that some people are finding ways to reduce masking, but I can’t fathom what I could do instead. From what I’ve experienced, the world still isn’t ready for full autism acceptance.

I am an “always hot” kind of person, and I have similar reservations about this technique.

I sleep under a flat sheet, usually with a leg poking out. I have a second, cotton blanket that I can layer on top of my torso if the flat sheet isn’t enough, but to cover my entire body with the cotton blanket would be too hot most nights. Unless it’s the dead of winter or I have a fever, I need to be able to free a leg out from under the blankets at any given time. Being wrapped up like in this image would make falling/staying asleep even harder.

It’s also why I don’t make my bed. Tucking the blanket under the sides of the bed just means having to undo it all when it’s time to sleep. Besides, it doesn’t make much sense to “make a bed” when you don’t use a comforter.

The timid conundrum: anyone else ever say “excuse me” in such a small voice that nobody hears you? Then you end up looking like a jerk who didn’t say anything as you squeeze through people, yet the very idea of raising your voice to be heard feels even more rude somehow?

Trauma is a hell of a drug…

And the account was made 3 days ago. Ugh, to the block list they go.

You lower most of your fingers if they tried to cut you off.

I love how you phrased this.

Lived in the states my entire life. Never heard of that.

I partly want it for the drink, but I mostly want it for the nostalgia. I’ve got fond memories of sharing that drink with a high school friend that passed away. If I get ahold of a bottle, I’ll be cheers-ing to him, even if it’s plastic.

Looks like the closest retailer is 45 minutes away from me. Not really worth a trip for, and I wouldn’t trust mailing to my address (people steal packages around here.)

But ah well, thank you anyway! Hopefully others can benefit from your link as well.

Wish I could find some Bawls today.

This isn’t an oversight; it’s a promise. TDF says that if your work can’t leave the building for legal or privacy reasons, the only way to prove that later (during an audit, for example) is if the software never gave it anywhere to go.

I love this. It’s a subtle burn, but it’s well-aimed.

You say it’s not relevant to the joke, but a realistic reflection wouldn’t show a side-by-side depiction. The way it’s portrayed here highlights the hair cut that the animal is upset about, which is key to the joke.

It might not be realistic, but I see this as “artistic license,” along with the other absurd elements.

A varied diet provides protein as well.

Science time! Proteins are made up of amino acids. Certain chains of amino acids form “complete proteins,” which are what most people think of as “protein.” However, the constituent amino acids connect with each other in our bodies even if they’re obtained from different sources. So two sources of “incomplete” proteins can still provide “complete proteins” if both are consumed. Which means it’s a lot easier to get your protein from a varied, vegan diet than most people might think.

Incomplete vs complete proteins on WebMD.