TattleTeeny

In the information that you fill out at a doctor’s office — at least in my experience — you can name a person to be allowed to know about your medical shit, for whatever reason. It’s not a HIPAA thing.

Maybe she has actual friends elsewhere.

Haha, Comic Sans has taken one for the team for decades! It's bad but there are more than enough others that go ignored because Comic Sans is there shielding them and absorbing the vitriol! (I'm talking about you, Papyrus -- among various others.)

This was boring. What stuck out to me most was Danielle's horrific logo/font. I am admittedly a typography snob, but that was egregious. It made me think of 1997. Also, is there a reason it's not "Bougie" with a g? Call me crazy or tacky or whatever, I don't care, but I think Marge's house is fun. I dig it.

Well, there definitely is. But yeah, that seemed rude. I assume we're supposed to assume that they all know each other and it's good natured. But in that case, wouldn't they already know that she can't roll her Rs?

Haha, I think she was petting for her own benefit and not the dog's!

A flea collar commercial. A guy puts the collar on his cat, lets the cat outside, and happily yells, “Be back before dark!” And off goes the cat. This is sending a message that, to me, is very irresponsible (and stressful!). Just for benefit-of-the-doubt purposes, maybe there was a fenced-in yard or something like that. I didn’t see one though.

Did you see how that assistant was petting the dog? Maybe the dog likes it -- sort of like how my cats kind of like when I pat their butts in a way that might look harder then necessary to an onlooker -- but it looked crazy, almost like a nervous tic!

No, but now that you mention it, I feel like I have had this issue since I was little! I don’t like thinking about it even just enough to explain it here, haha!

Here is a different (and possibly really weird) peeve: I hate when people crumple up paper napkins into really tight balls. For some stupid reason, it just grosses me the hell out. Same thing with straw wrappers. I don’t feel mad at the people who do it or anything, but I cringe at the sight of it. I wonder if there’s some kind of name for this!

I like the term "fun foods"!

Who's going "a bit far"? And who (and what) is anti-diet? Haha, look man, I just wanted some nondairy cheese to put (correction, for the cook to put) on my nonmeat burgers on the occasions that I decide to eat them at restaurants (that serve a menu full of equally unhealthy things that I, unlike the omnivore customers, can't order).

I agree! But just to clarify, I don’t feel judged by anyone here. But it does kind of feel like veganism might be viewed as a really specific and regimented lifestyle (and it may be, for some) as opposed to just food choices like everyone makes in some way or another.

Lots of things on restaurant menus are chemicals and salt and otherwise unhealthy (eg, french fries are one of the unhealthier things that people can eat, and soda is terrible for everyone). And such burgers still exist. They just don't taste like an actual burger. The onset of Beyond, Impossible, and Gardein didn't eliminate the others. Yes! It's really that simple. I don't know why it's assumed that we're misled. I didn't think Wendy's was healthy when I ate meat and I don't think these nonmeat burgers are either. But I eat them for the same reason. Not all of us are vegan for health (I'm not -- at least not for my own health). That said, I get bloodwork done every 3 months and I have 0 sodium or cholesterol issues. I confess, I am confused by other people's confusion over this (or the desire of nonvegans to limit vegans' menu options; I thought we were the ones with the "preachy" reputation, haha!). Just as there are omnivores who eat consistently horribly and omnivores who eat consistently well and omnivores who mix it up for various reasons, there are vegans who do the same (same goes for "fake" vegan foods; some are junk, some are not).

I don't want to highjack the conversation to cheese, but PM me if you want to know of some good nondairy ones!

Right. Another example is when I (or anyone, really) goes to a fair or a concert or down the shore* and eat "garbage" -- or at least probably less well than you might at home. *I'm from Jersey; we don't do the "at" after or instead of the "down." Not going to lie -- I miss them (to be honest, I miss a lot of stuff)! I didn't eat much meat before going vegan, but what meat I did eat was typically fast food.

Here's the thing though: Sometimes we care about and do all of that. And other times, we want something that tastes like a normal burger. Black beans and quinoa, as good as they can be, do not. Additionally, sometimes we just want an easy option for when we are eating with other people. I eat pretty well when I am at home, but sometimes I want to eat some junk food at a restaurant or at a barbecue or whatever, like omnivores everywhere do. Eating a Beyond or Impossible burger here and there is not an indication of a wholly unhealthy diet or evidence that the person who orders it eats only junk (and it’s not like a real burger, as well as a ton of other stuff on the average menu, isn’t just as unhealthy in its own way). But if we’re wishing that things we personally disagree with weren’t offered on menus, then I wish to ban every iteration of onion, scallion, and leek! Oh, and those god-awful sizzling fajitas too.

This whole day is a peeve! First, as of last night, we have a boil-water advisory until further notice. Last night, I did that and filled up a few reusable bottles for drinking and for teeth-brushing, the coffee maker, the cats' fountain, whatever. This is a pain, but I was trying to avoid buying a ton of water. But it wasn't until this morning that I thought to check with anyone at the animal shelter where I volunteer; turns out that no one else knew or had thought about it. So, I ran to the store and bought a bunch of gallons of water and dumped and washed the shelter cats' dishes and replaced the water with bottled. Then, I saw updated info that, in addition to the cooking and drinking, boiled or bottled should be used to wash the dishes. This was not mentioned in the advisory I read; I saw this info on a FB post with an adjacent town's boil advisory (same water source as ours). And now I am worried because, since last night, I have washed everything here and at the animal shelter with the faucet water like normal. I just went back out to buy paper plates and bowls, which I didn't love doing. I guess I will wash my cats' things with bottled or boiled water, but I really can't imagine having to do it for all the people dishes over the next couple of days (that's the estimation from town; hopefully they figure it out sooner).

Right?! I feel different than I used to when I contort in some way. I've always been flexible and lacking pinchy bits, but I guess those days are over!

If I may be a stater of the obvious and only the bare minimum of articulate... I HATE IT! HATE! Hatey-hate-hate! Haaaaaaaaaaaate! Generally, in the grand scheme of the world, I am probably still on the smaller side of the population. Fine, good, I appreciate the genetics. But OH MY GOD, am I ever going to not feel somewhat uncomfortable now, as if my current midsection is foreign to me -- like something that I am carrying around as opposed to an actual piece of my body? (Oh the irony of describing menopause belly in a way that could apply to pregnancy [not that I know personally about that]!)

At the risk of looking like the "militant vegan" stereotype,* I wish that the restaurants that have started offering the Impossible Burger (and/or whatever the other big one is) would also have nondairy cheese to go with it. Don't get me wrong, I love, love, love that the faux-meat burger option is there now (and not that I don't also like the more common, standard black bean or "garden" burger -- but sometimes you just want a burger burger). But it would be even better to get the full effect of a cheeseburger! *I don't find it "militant" or pushy to hope for options. Also, I do understand that the places have much less of a demand for that kind of cheese, but lactose-intolerant people would be happy too! Haha, we heard stories of blatant kidnappings all the time (and quicksand and killer bees and poison candy)...and, in spite of that, were left to our own devices for large parts of the day (and sometimes night) anyway! Gen X, man.

Haha, should she stay mute if someone speaks to her?

What did she say that was snide (or remotely implied she has to "okay" what Teresa does with her hair)? I agree that Louie is a weirdo, but not for that. It's kind of what we're all doing, no (and we don't even actually know the people)?

Yes, I have quoted myself — he just did it again! I was talking about how overwhelming it can be doing freelance work for multiple entities (the “juggling,” the various invoices and submission timing, the hoping you’ll have enough billable work…) and he said, “Maybe it will lead to a full-time thingy.” Job. The word is job. Maybe I am just extra irritable today; the stress of the previously mentioned freelance life is getting to me. He is a good boyfriend, and I don’t know why I find this so annoying, but I need him to stop it. And here’s another peeve. Why would my phone suggest this?!

I guess that's possible, but until I see any indication that he's "dangerous" in that kind of way (and, yes, I know we have no real idea what these people are like outside of the camera's gaze), he should go find someone who likes receiving that kind of attention (or attention from him, whatever the case may be). They're out there. I'm personally not one of them, but I've seen "super-schmoopy" happy matches!