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7 years ago @ The Toast - The Brush Off: The Ear... · 0 replies · +7 points

AUGH. This is the first time I've seen the early 00's broken down and analyzed for their fashion. Somehow, having grown up in it (I was 13 in 2000), I thought there WAS no dominant fashion trend for that decade. My literal thought process was something like 70s= disco, 80s= big hair, 90s= grunge, 00s= regular clothes. D:

Also can we talk about the mens for a second? 13-year-old me had a huge crush on the guy in the bottom picture, who IIRC was in a quintessential early 00's band. All the cool guys at my school were wearing that frosted tips with spikes look, or the even cooler spiky in the front, flat in the back. It was the height of sophistication.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Things I Have Mistaken... · 0 replies · +12 points

This describes me during high school/ college. It turns out that with enough rest I'm the kind of person who really loves tiny dogs and befriends little old ladies.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Things I Have Mistaken... · 1 reply · +33 points

Honestly they look way better in dress pants than they do unclothed! I would totally pay for erotica that was just well-dressed men undoing their collars/ unsleeving themselves.

8 years ago @ The Toast - "Oh...No, My Thing Is ... · 1 reply · +46 points

My bathroom is the shared/ guest bathroom in our apartment. I'm experimenting with passive-aggressive home decor to make it unwelcoming to men. There's a bouquet of tampons in a little basket on the counter and a bunch of tiny soaps wrapped in paper. I'm thinking about adding some ancient dusty potpourri or a framed picture of Jeff Goldblum in his Jurassic Park pose or a book of Cathy comics. Basically a room that says, "wow, I'm just super emotional today."

8 years ago @ The Toast - Quiz: Homeschool or Zu... · 0 replies · +3 points

Social justice things, What Happened at the Anime Convention, astrology, cute dogs, gushing posts about how wonderful someone's husband/ wife/ baby is, obnoxiously exotic travel pictures from people who are richer than me, group photos captioned Our Teambuilding Retreat Was a Success!, people proudly proclaiming that they went to happy hour, stuff about Soulcycle and Crossfit

And one of my relatives is constantly posting cat memes from 2009 and those pictures where Donald Trump is a pig, captioning everything with "LOLOLOL!"

I feel like by talking about our fb feeds, we're pulling back the veil of the universe. Or something. Things no-one was ever meant to know.

8 years ago @ The Toast - Dirtbag Ezra Pound · 1 reply · +24 points

Don't feel that way, it's one of the best things I've read all week. Well done you for coining it!

(Also I know an unemployed libertarian English major guy who this fits PERFECTLY.)

8 years ago @ The Toast - If The Tim Hortons Goa... · 0 replies · +2 points

This post gives me such confused feelings. It's utterly delightful, but I'm so jealous that we don't have Timbits and awesome goat stories here.

8 years ago @ The Toast - If The Tim Hortons Goa... · 1 reply · +4 points

I visited Massachusetts for the first time this summer. Why does Dunkin Donuts have such an ironclad grip on your beautiful state? And are they better up there?

In my local (DC) Dunkin Donuts I tried to get an iced mocha several times. They asked if I wanted cream and sugar and I was hung over and answered yes without thinking about it. There was, like, an inch of solid sugar crystals in the bottom. Next time I said no to the cream and sugar, "just make it normal." They made ice water with espresso and chocolate syrup, no milk. I have, like, a massive fear of inconveniencing people and just drank them. It tasted like sadness.

8 years ago @ The Toast - A Linguist Explains th... · 0 replies · +6 points

I miss the HP fandom SO MUCH

8 years ago @ The Toast - Exposure: On Raising a... · 1 reply · +37 points

"because "he" is - consciously or not - putting you in a position where you feel inferior."

"you resent him for making you feel like you aren't as good as him at this valuable skill, or as committed to a project that is Objectively A Good Thing. And then you reproach yourself, because you want to be better at languages, and more committed to this project, than you are."

"You are committing to a project that is going to isolate you from the rest of your family, and it's understandable that you would have a certain level of resistance to that. What bothers me is that I don't think you're allowing yourself to think of this as something you have any right to resent or resist."

I felt uncomfortable about this (beautifully written) essay, for the same reasons. There's just this massive undercurrent of unspoken reluctance, like the author feels sidelined in her own family. Especially here:

"My nurse is Colombian and they are talking over me, my husband and she chatting about school and visas. Life, it seems, goes on and on while I’m here in this bed, stitched up and hungry."

It just reads like a massive, IDK, stuffing down of unhappiness. Author, I hope you are ok.

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