Bri the Disaster

@KatiePMcGrady Silent reading time was my favorite part of school growing up, I cannot believe its been replaced with "play one the computer" time

My 3rd grader had both computer lab as an enrichment and a Chromebook in her classroom this year. The detox from tech that we’d have to do every day last fall drove all of us insane. So we made a deal in the spring: if the teachers let them have “free play” on the Chromebook (which seemed to be a frequent thing, it wasn’t really being used for actual instruction, it was just busy work/killing time), and if she had a choice of what to do, if she chose to read a book & then complete an AR test instead of playing bottle or doing iReady or scrolling Epic, we’d pay her $2 per book & test. I‘ve paid out about $120, but my kid’s brain wasn’t mushy after school anymore and her vocabulary & reading comprehension improved so much she jumped 20 points on the Star reading assessment they took at the end of the year.

@Rafael501st @apat10 Nah sorry, the second after he calls the help line and has it told to him what is going on, dude has the moral obligation to kill himself asap

@apat10 I think people are being a bit too hard on Bear cause in what fucking world would a normal person think their wish would actually come true, let alone in such an odd way He does try to save her and ultimately does what's needed to be done to save her She's a victim of capitalism

I'm glad he said this because it's MY biggest takeaway from the film. Obsession is ultimately a tragedy where a woman is stripped of her autonomy for the sake of fulfilling a "nice guy's" fantasy.

@amandasfemme I work with a lot of people decades older than me and they are always way too impressed when I know fairly to very popular movies from the 80s or earlier

the best movie trivia quiz is actually when your non-moviepilled coworker gives you a few vague statements about the movie they just watched and you noscope the title and lead actor and they act like you recited their social security number from memory

Not for me. I'm an AMC A-Lister.

It is simply inconceivable to me that a significant portion of the population wakes up every morning and chooses to use the Akinator That Makes You Stupid to write their wedding vows, dissertations, tax forms, eulogies etc

(zero drinks in) do you think the shame and guilt will ever go away

@BraunStatue96 @sadgirlyboss Either way you kinda sound like you are the exact kind of entitled dude im talking about

@BraunStatue96 @sadgirlyboss Are you talking about women during the same period of dating sleeping with guys they dont want to see again or women who had one night stands in their younger years now making a man she's serious about wait? Cause those are two totally different things

these are all actual screenshots from people i went on dates with. if you didn't believe me, here is the proof.

“i’m engaged!” “i’m pregnant!” “i just bought a house!” i saw 4 movies at the theater this week with AMC A-List

@allie__voss The Boulder farmers market only allows actual farmers or locally sourced food product vendors, and they have to submit an application yearly to prove they aren't resellers. Idk why every farmers market doesnt do that

One thing that needs to be studied is how “farmer’s market” used to mean “farmer’s market” …and now it means “open-air pop-up shop with laser cut wood signs, 3D-printed fidget toys, and some lady bedazzling Stanley tumblers

@NoFilterSkin I had a mouse infestation a few years ago bc my apartment neighbors brought a couch out of storage that was filled with them. I did wear a mask and gloves while cleaning but im kind of horrified that I should have been even more careful

A friend of mine died from Hanta Virus in 2005. He was 29 and in the prime of his life; one of the healthiest, most physically and spiritually fit humans I had the pleasure to know. I have been Hanta aware & cautious ever since, so this virus and preventive precautions aren’t new to me. It’s always surprised me how few people know about Hanta and the risks of exposure to rodent droppings. Recently I was helping someone clean up rodent droppings and they went to grab a vacuum! Nooooo! 🚫 Hanta spreads to humans primarily via inhalation of aerosolized particulates. My friend had been hiking in the backcountry in Colorado and was exposed while camping overnight in a cabin that had not been in use for a while, and there was dried rodent waste inside. Walking into a closed space and stirring up dried rodent waste puts you at high risk of exposure if Hanta is present. If you enter a closed space and see rodent droppings, especially dried ones, get out immediately. If you MUST re-enter the space, open all doors and windows for at least 30 minutes before re-entering. If you can, wear an N-95 mask. If you can’t wear a mask, do everything possible to avoid stirring up waste or dust. Don’t touch dried rodent waste without a mask and gloves. Better yet: mix up a spray bottle with 1 part bleach to 10 parts water and thoroughly soak all the possible surfaces that could have rodent waste on them. Let the bleach sit for at least 15 minutes before disturbing. My friend got home and came down with what he thought was the flu. Being a healthy person he didn’t think to go to the hospital until he was VERY ill. He died 48 hours later. 💔 If you know you have been exposed to rodent droppings and come down with severe flu like symptoms within a few weeks of exposure, seek medical care as soon as possible. Better to be safe than… not. Author — gallixsee

@BillCompton1972 @NoFilterSkin Becuase it doesn't normally spread human to human, the variant that people on the cruise ship caught was the rare exception. Read the news!

@NoFilterSkin Sorry to hear about your friend but why didn’t it spread in 2005?

I'm sorry I'm depressed, I just did NOT bet on the total American collapse of respect for all humane and humanistic knowledge and literacy in my lifetime. Retrospectively, I should have, but I was under the naive impression people cared more. Even here. I know, I know.

as a ~2020 essential worker~ the way ppl talk about this “quarantine” has always cracked me up. y'all were not held captive, you were at my job harassing me!

Outstanding art by Dora Abodi

@LmaoTf02 @_celia_bedelia_ There was a very pretty math teacher in my middle school who was also friends with my older cousin. She had to quit and I think ended up teaching elementary school because so many of the boys were obsessed with her and sexualizing her.

@_celia_bedelia_ to assume children will sexualize her is hilarious, kids could give a fuck less if their teacher has a bra on or not. she should put that energy in providing a quality education instead of imagining some teenage boy wants her ass 💀

You think my sister who teaches high school boys is weird about wearing clothing that doesn’t emphasize her chest?

@catgirlprostate The rich of the gilded age gave a lot of money away while still being pos exploitative monsters, but I think the difference was that there was heavy societal pressure to fund projects, plus it gave them a self-serving sense of "legacy"

The simple truth is that anyone with anything close to that level of empathy simply wouldn't be able to reach anything close to bezos levels of wealthy, because that amount of money requires unbelievable amounts of human exploitation

@LauraRbnsn I was trying to figure this out too! Ultimately gave up becuase it makes zero sense

A List of Religious Signifiers of the Main Character in Yesteryear 1) She drinks coffee and alcohol (not LDS) 2) She wears her hair long and doesn't cut it (apostolic) 3) She doesn't follow any other clothing restrictions for modesty and actually dresses in revealing clothes

@okaysighugh @kaitybella I do vividly remember having an AP test outside of school hours. Still her useless 17 year old should know what is happening

@kaitybella the ppl saying its AP testing when those are literally also just taken At the school during school hours... the sepcific kids just leave their classes during the time and go to whatever room its being administered at, its not like a parents needed or even welcomed thing

what age are these kids where the parents need to be involved in this ‘important test’. like isn’t it just being given at school? what do you mean what time to be there?

I see no lies here