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Agree. I’ve always thought that “Karen” was just sexist. I call these people rude, or entitled, or jerks, or assholes…terms that can apply to any demographic.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost we’re also in Spaced together. Great British sitcom.

This article made me sob with relief. I am disabled. I have been fortunate because my partner never makes me feel that I “owe” him just for existing in our relationship. But. My disability is due to a genetic disorder inherited from my father. It is progressive; when I met my… Read More

This just feels like a trap.

If you can find it, watch Wish Me Luck. It’s a British series from the 80s (I think) about the British women who went undercover in France in WWII. The names are fictionalized, but it’s based on a real unit of female spies. (Who, by the way, were left twisting in the wind if caught,… Read More

When you’re applying for jobs, numbers are everything. Have a good template cover letter and resume that you can send out quickly. Proofread the hell out of your template, and then just change a little bit. Mine was: Para 1: I am applying for the position of X because I have always… Read More

Second that. Also, in my experience employers who say “we’re all family here” are doing something shady. “Family” often means lower level employees are expected to put in more hours or sacrifice vacation for the sake of the higher-ups’ profits. “Family” often means the bosses play… Read More

And yet by far the most “Karen” action here is the attempt to publicly shame persons for behavior of which you disapprove.

It matters if you want to add anything on, because your new flat surface won’t match up properly to the sloped surface. We have a cement back stoop & stairs, and want to replace them with a big back porch. We saved up to do so for years…only to find out our floors are sloped and… Read More

Take a small ball (tennis, golf, whatever) with you when you go to see a house. Put it on the floor and see if it rolls. You will feel silly, but it’s much better than having to spend tens of thousands to level floors you didn’t notice were slightly sloped, before you can do anything… Read More