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Pounds of butter should be packaged with 2 sticks salted and 2 sticks unsalted: cooking butter _and_ eating butter, in a single package. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

@PaxAeterna @realEstateTrent yeah, I couldn't get past that part

@realEstateTrent Wait. $200 for a shirt?

A dry cleaner ruined one of my shirts recently, and I decided not to do anything about it. Why? They would have pushed back and insisted they didn’t do it. I would have explained why they were wrong, and they would have denied it again. I would have told them I’d never come back unless they reimbursed me, and the back and forth would have continued. Frankly, dealing with that kind of conflict over a shirt that costs a couple hundred dollars isn’t worth my time or energy at this point in life. Yes, people should be held accountable, and there should be consequences for actions, and this stuff should be viewed on a case-by-case. But in this case, it was a no brainer. All downside. I’m just not going to go back. Sometimes you have to weigh the upside, pick your battles, and choose being smart over being right.

@Mlu__N2 My working assumption is that this is an audition tape to be a Subway Sandwich Artist ...

I really want to understand. Why not just put the food on the table and let everyone take what they want alone without asking?!!!

@KeruboSk Preferred mode of travel, tbh

Honest question: Could you travel alone for a week with no friends, no partner, just you? Or would that feel uncomfortable?

@CajunCybertruck @lady_valor_07 Ours were at 10 pm and featured Cyndi Lauper and others: youtube.com/watch?v=7larU5…

@lady_valor_07 We legit played commercials every night around 9pm asking parents if they know where their kids are.

I’ll ask again Did parents in the 70s/80s/90s really allow their kids to roam freely, or is that just a portrayal seen in movies

@mrs_alyse @homemakinghunny This! I want a couple of $20 and a couple of $40. I spent $120 on my wedding dress, though ...

@homemakinghunny Where's the $20 dresses?

Is it just me or is “under $100” being considered a reasonable amount of money to spend on a sundress kind of ridiculous?

@sam_d_1995 Hard agree. And I propose 60. x.com/av/status/2024…

maybe a hot take but once you turn 70 you should have to take an annual road test to keep your license

@vbspurs You know what, though? Potlucks are great for when you're short on cash—it means you can still gather your friends but you don't need the funds to throw a full party! And it's also possible to bring something low-cost to a potluck (pasta salad, jello, etc.)

I've been thinking abt this topic. I'll share something few Brits want to acknowledge. We are cheap. Esp cheap compared to Americans (vide your tipping culture). Casseroles cost money. Wine costs money. We don't like to spend more than necessary. Americans aren't like that.

You know how Americans have potluck dinners? Everyone brings a casserole or something? I've been meaning to tell you that I love that about you guys. So warm and friendly. Brits don't do this. It's considered bad manners to bring food to a person's home. We are so unalike.

@chefsevenn Potato knish! Also gotta put a healthy amount of mustard in deviled eggs and potato salad.

What tastes good with mustard but you can't say a hotdog🌭

@RichOToole First time I tried sushi—as like a fancy/different thing I'd never had—was in college in the mid-90s

I don’t think the younger generation understands that Sushi wasn’t really a thing in America in the early 90’s. I don’t remember even seeing a sushi restaurant till I was like 12 or 13.

@CardiffGarcia The same applies to bras, jeans/pants, socks, and underwear.

When you find a pair of running shoes that are super comfortable and also fit your style perfectly, order ten pair immediately and stick the extras in a closet because they absolutely will be discontinued soon.

@slimvnsn @JJWatt Hard same, and folks in those situations aren't making the $2.75 (or whatever it is) per hour like folks in sit-down restaurants

@JJWatt Bro did everything himself and the iPad still had the audacity to preselect 20%... what exactly am I tipping for? The buzzer experience? I hit "other" and type in $0 every single time. The entitlement of counter service tipping is actually wild to me.

Genuine question on a restaurant situation: You walk up to a counter to order. You find your own table and seat yourself. If you order coffee, they hand you a cup and you go fill it up yourself. If you order food, they hand you a buzzer and when it goes off, you go pick it up yourself. The iPad has a “20%, 25%, 30%, Other” tip option, with 20% already preselected. What’s your move?

@JJWatt Other: No tip

@TweetsByBerto @MikeHotDogMayor Sloppy AI's

@MikeHotDogMayor I believe it’s called the AI Slop

Wth kind of sandwich is this?

@mrmikeMTL The Good Place

A tv series that was good from start to finish?

@jiratickets Just 2 days? Ugh. A bike ride from Monterey to Big Sur is breathtaking. Fave food: El Pollo Rey in Seaside. Go to the aquarium. Go to the fruit stand on the coast on the way into Carmel. Find a whale to watch. Camp in Big Sur if you can.

Can a Californian please advise me on how to properly Pacificcoastmaxx for 2 too short days between Santa Cruz and Big Sur. Probably staying the night in Monterrey. where do I go, what must I see and eat? who will I become

@KateBMwriting I used to—the program's currently defunded—serve as a reviewer for a DoS-sponsored program. In the past 3 years, the essays went from tentative and human to AI slop. I prefer imperfect humanity!

I’m reviewing job applications and 90% of the cover letters are AI generated. They use identical phrases and have exactly the same structure and word count. Why do people do it?

@maxdubler And this cheap land? Unless the OP's referring to the part between Tracy and Stockton ...

Where are these “cheap starter homes” in the Bay Area?

@HRH_SHP @MtGardenMama I got an invite from a cousin for her international (to me, not her) wedding a month away. Interpreted the invite as a gift grab rather than an actual invitation.

@MtGardenMama I would love that, but I don’t love a late invite.

@jazzychad @butleriano As top _3_, Chad? I lived in Atlanta for four years and most recently visited last year. And it's gotten far better as a city (you can walk places now!) but I still don't think it's top 3. Top 10? Yes. But not top 3.

@av @butleriano Heck yeah!

What’s the US’s “fourth” city. NYC, LA, and Atlanta are pretty clearly the top 3 but the 4th is more ambiguous. I feel like the main contenders are probably Dallas, San Francisco/Bay Area, DC, or maybe Chicago