RL Peeves

Hobbie

Oh man.

When I get a cold it lasts for like, four days.

Except the cough. That sticks around for a month.

Two weeks in now and auuuuuuggghhhhh.

GF

Went to the gym today. The gym’s owner was standing by the racks where you drop your purse, phone, keys, all that stuff; he was having a conversation with one of his clients there. As I walked up, he was explaining to her, “If you look at the numbers, white people in America aren’t doing as well as Asians or” and he dropped his voice to a whisper here “Jews.”

I don’t want to leave this gym. I have a really good relationship with my trainer. But everything about that conversation is raising huge red flags and I don’t know if I’ll ever feel comfortable there again.

Testament

@GF It’s so weird, because I can say that the guy that owns the gym I go to, while he might be some bro that’s a silly comic nerd, he’d throw someone like out on their ass if they worked for him.

I’m sorry you’re dealing with that. The gym should be the last place to have to be concerned about that kind of stuff.

GF

@Testament Thanks, and I’m glad you have a better gym than I do.

(I would quibble that “the last place you should have to deal with white supremacy” is an award that’s being shared because of a tie with every single place on planet Earth, but that’s mostly just me being wry.)

Testament

@GF To me, it’s the risk of going to privately owned gyms. I stopped going to places like Planet Fitness or Anytime Fitness, because to me, they don’t have the equipment that you really need to proper muscle building, but that’s what I’m after personally. That’s not everyone’s goal. But I stopped going to those places because of the people that went to them.

I knew it was risk going to a privately owned gym, so I was pretty insane when it came to looking at Google reviews on places and snooping on IGs.

mietze

Yeah I don’t think I would feel safe there again.

junipersky

The entire shelter closed today because a local veterinary practice volunteered to come in and do physical exams on our cats. (About half the adults we have are either semi or full feral cats, so it isn’t easy!)

The note on our social media, website, and doorway didn’t stop people from just showing up at the doorway. Most were sweet and went “Oh, okay.” and left.

This one family though, they were SO MAD. “But we came all the way from <city about 45 minutes away>! You can’t just let us in?”

Uh…no. Closed means closed. We’re catching cats that would rather rip our faces off (I wanted to hold up my bloody hands to give them a good visual) and we don’t need random strangers stressing them out even more.

I was gobsmacked at the entitlement.

Testament

@junipersky Should submit that one to r/storiesaboutkaren

junipersky

I want to sleep on my back but wtf do people do with their feet? Point them straight up? Can’t you feel the weight of the blanket then? And it hurts to twist them to the side.

I feel like back sleeping is a joke people play. (I’m typically a stomach sleeper)

Testament

@junipersky Side/stomach sleeper gang for life.

bear_necessities

@junipersky as a back sleeper, I have never thought about what I do with my feet but now it’s all I can think about. I guess they just stick straight up? I usually throw one leg out of the blankets and then the other foot scratches my husband all night apparently

Pyrephox

@junipersky said in RL Peeves:

I want to sleep on my back but wtf do people do with their feet? Point them straight up? Can’t you feel the weight of the blanket then? And it hurts to twist them to the side.

I feel like back sleeping is a joke people play. (I’m typically a stomach sleeper)

This is also what stops me from sleeping on my back. My feet stick straight up, and I can feel the blanket sort of pulling on my tallest toe, and I do not like it.

Occasionally I’ll end up with my back on the mattress but my knees tilted so my feet can lean to one side, but it never sticks. Side sleeping is king.