Cheese like cheddar is orange due to cows eating beta-carotene rich diets that caused an orange coloration. This eventually changed to a dye added, called annatto, to keep the coloration consistent.
It’s not a chemical food dye like yellow #5 or 6, it’s from a plant seed. If they’re…
Setting boundaries in the first place is the most important thing to prevent burn out. Log off after work hours and don’t check the notifications. Say no to the new task of you don’t have enough time on your plate. Take your lunch break away from your desk and actually eat lunch.…
The problem with #1 was not that he was straightforward or “not playing games”. The problem was he kept pushing after being rejected 3 times. Women individually will want different end goals of relationships. Both #1 and #11 were not about that, they were about men respecting boundaries…
Pre pandemic I always felt the reasonable thing with people over is you don’t need to ask permission, but you do need to give a heads up, and the roommates have veto power for reasonable cause (like, I have a late shift, can they be out by 9). If it’s a recurring issue like an SO…
It depends on what expectation was set. I’ve had roommates where we agreed that shared spices and oil/cleaning supplies was fine (and split cost when restocked), and that the rest of the food was our own or at least asked about before using.
I get your frustration, because the literal way seems so obvious compared to inferring. But I think a lot of it is cultural more than a choice or even personality trait. I grew up in the upper Midwest and a really passive communication style is ingrained in you to the point that it’s…
Working at Subway in high school got me a lot of “footlong” comments. But the one that pissed me off the most was an old man who eagerly said I’d “make a great housewife” because of how quickly I made his sub. You know…at the job that I was doing evidently for wifely duty sandwich-making…
“You complain about society, yet you exist in it” people have valid reasons for getting laptops when that’s a job or school requirement. It might be refurbished or second hand too. Being socialist doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to like nice things, it means you want to advocate for…
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