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Cake day: March 29th, 2025

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  • If you are in the left turn lane at a standstill waiting for oncoming traffic to clear, the turn signal is doing very little for cars behind you. It is to indicate to oncoming traffic that you might pull out in front of them.

    If you come up behind someone and are frustrated that they are not turning as quickly as you would like, the main resolution to this problem is for you to take a deep breath. At most, they are increasing your commute time by a matter of seconds.

    If someone not turning when you want them to is almost causing accidents, then you probably need to slow down. Other people in this thread are talking about how the U turner is at fault for being unpredictable - and sure, it is very nice when all drivers are predictable all the time. But that doesn’t really matter if you get in a collision. A judge might say the other driver was in the wrong - but it will still suck to hear it with a totalled car, endless insurance headaches, and a broken arm. Assuming you don’t want that outcome, it is your job to drive such that you are prepared for people behaving in ways you don’t expect. And that means leaving enough time distance between yourself and a stopped car so that you don’t rear end them if they continue being stationary.







  • I feel like anyone who isn’t heavily involved in left wing internet spaces understands why you don’t want to discuss pay with coworkers.

    Someone fears their coworkers will find out they are making less, and will think they are less skilled, or maybe a pushover.

    Or someone fears their coworkers will find out they are making more, and will fear their coworkers think they were manipulative in order to get it, think they are egotistical for sharing, or may become envious.

    And then pay discrepencies invite unwanted feelings about “do I actually deserve to make more than him - I don’t think I’m worth it” or “I make so much less rhan her, I must suck at my job.”

    Not discussing pay is a convenient way to sweep all this under the rug


  • Religious idioms are everywhere in language, and it is seriously not a problem. We can talk about a storm of “biblical” proportions, or say hubris is inviting god’s wrath, or whatever, and none of it is condoning any actual religious belief. Plenty of people celebrate Christmas because they like family and togetherness and indulgent consumerism, even if they don’t consider themselves Christian. And like, one of my favorite explitives is Jesus Fucking Christ.

    Just saying gesundheit is, like, fine. But your explaination reminds me of the people who tried to make latinx a thing. Heavy eyeroll