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it's true and you should say it.

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to young people online who think growing up means letting go of childlish things: today i turn 40 and i'm currently at the santa claus parade with my mom because i've never been before. all the moms brought their children, so did mine.

if it's fun, there's no age limit.

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that’s so disrespectful.

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ok well this blew my mind

This is also true with filmmakers. Western filmmakers pan their cameras mostly left to right and Iranian filmmakers do right to left.

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I did find another sex shop story in my mind vault! Get ready for the most embarrassed I ever got at work.

When I first started my manager was this really cool guy and he set a matter-of-fact no nonsense tone to working there that I emulated. So as part of my training he brought me to a display case full of glass toys.

These are stunning solid glass pieces that just so happen to be shaped into gentle curves. Honestly several were abstract and beautiful enough to be displayed on a mantelpiece. They can be used with any kind of lube, they’re easy to sterilize and overall they’re excellent sex toys.

But I, like every other person, am the culmination of my lived experience. Glass breaks. I know this to be true, I’ve dropped glasses and plates and the fear of glass breaking was all I could see looking into that display.

My manager was well aware. He calmly informed me that I was looking at triple fired borosilicate and he pulled one out and banged it on the counter with all his might making me jump ten feet in the air. But there was the glass toy, triumphant and unscathed in his hand, after leaving a new dent on the counter. Forget sex, these things were viable murder weapons.

Over the years I worked there I did the exact same demo he did hundreds of times, smacking the solid glass onto the unyielding counter and showing off how sturdy the glass was. “Theres nothing your vagina can do to harm this,” I’d assure people.

So one day I had a group of three ladies looking at them, tittering nervously to each other. I assured them that these were extremely safe and they smiled skeptically.

“Really,” I said, pulling out an example, “our bodies are soft and wet, we have no way of damaging these.” I lifted it and brought it down onto the counter like I had a thousand times before. Like I’d seen countless times from my coworkers.

Except this time. The toy decided it must give up its grip on the mortal coil. It rebelled against its treatment of smacking the counter with a display of explosive protest. It shattered.

The women screamed and flinched back as I stood frozen in absolute perplexity as my mind tried to make sense of what had just happened. The toy had broken in huge safety glass sized chunks, leaving me a nub in my grip while it’s former glory lay in pieces all around me.

I looked back up at the ladies, speechless. They all broke into hysterical laughter. “Your face!” They gasped while clutching each other to stay on their feet.

“I- I’ve done this demo hundreds of times- it’s- it’s never broken!”

They crowed even harder as I sweeped up the mess, still in disbelief and horror at what I’d done. “Well. I at least know your bodies can’t provide that much force to a toy… I can’t believe this, it’s never broken before.” I babbled on in embarrassment to their obvious disbelief.

They looked back at me with the certainty of three women who will never in their life trust a glass toy not to shatter inside their bodies after watching the worlds most explosive demo.

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before directors are allowed to put in the request for cgi they should be required to answer: “would lord of the rings have been able to do this by sitting somebody a little further back, using an apple box, or putting out a casting call for a really big pig?” and if the answer is yes they should consider finding a really big pig.

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Just watched a librarian yell at a guy for sleeping in a chair

Apparently its against the rules to sleep in a library

Like sorry you have comfy cozy chairs out??? Also homeboy wasn’t snoring or anything like it wasn’t even disruptive sleeping what the fuck

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Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.

I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻

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I cannot stand the parodies of modern major general, they're overdone and simply not as good as the original. They've done them about everything, whatever topic, big or small.

And when i notice one of them my eyes will always start to roll.

The diction's always slurry when they rush the complicated words, and adding many fricatives will turn it so cacophonous. The slanted rhymes are silly and they keep just making more and more, please someone stop the parodies of modern major general.

The scanning of the lyrics in the meter is unbearable, they emphazise the syllables in ways that are untenable, in short in matters musical, prosodic and ephemeral, i cannot stand the parodies of modern major general!

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why are the artists on ink master allowed to say shit like “i hate tattooing dark skin” like just bc you’re bad at your job doesn’t mean you get to be openly racist

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US recall of yu shang food inc ready-to-eat products due to deadly listeria contamination

this recall was announced november 9, but expanded on november 21, and deaths were reported on november 22. today is november 23.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2024 – Yu Shang Food, Inc., a Spartanburg, SC, establishment, is recalling approximately 72,240 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products within their shelf life that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). This release is being reissued to expand the scope of the November 9, 2024, recall.

All ready-to-eat products produced prior to October 28, 2024, are subject to recall. View full product list. View labels.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-46684” or “EST. M46684” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide and available for purchase online. 

some emphasis mine.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

emphasis mine. for the record, it can take up to around 90 days for listeria to cause illness. as in, closer to three months after eating something contaminated with listeria.

and unfortunately, a pregnant person has died, losing both of their twins. but only one of the twins tested positive for listeria, so the other one does not technically count as a related death. might be a false negative.

right now there have been 11 cases, 9 hospitalizations, and 2-3 deaths depending on how you count. these numbers are expected to rise. do not rely on the list of states with confirmed illnesses to keep you safe. these products were shipped nationwide, and are contaminated and capable of causing illness within the affected date range regardless of where they were sold. (before october 28, 2024)

although the CDC uses yu shang braised beef shank as the thumbnail for their investigation, the FSIS has not yet added its picture to the official list of label pictures as of when I am typing this.

this is the style of packaging on these products. there are too many images of the recalled products to add to this post, but if you recognize this style of packaging, please check your fridge and freezer. if you find these products, do not eat them. throw them out or return them to wherever you bought them. sometimes a recall will include a note that it is safe to eat a recalled product if cooked thoroughly, but there is no such language on this FSIS recall.

ALL of these products produced before october 28, 2024, are being recalled.

list of recalled yu shang product names:

Japanese Chasu Pork Belly

Braised Pork Belly In Brown Sauce

Seasoned Pork Feet

Seasoned Pork Hock

Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Head

Yushang Brand Cooked Chicken

Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Neck

Bazhen Seasoned Whole Chicken

Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Tongues

Chinese Brand Spicy Duck Wings

Chinese Brand Chicken Feet

Yushang Sausage Made with Pork and Chicken

Seasoned Pork Tongues

Seasoned Chicken Quarter Leg

Braised Beef Shank

Braised Chicken Szechuan Pepper Flavor

Yu Shang Brand Cooked Pork Hock

Seasoned Pork Snout Meat

Spicy Pork Ear

Spicy Chicken Gizzards

Spicy Pork Feet

Lambs Head Soup (frozen)

Chinese Brand Spicy Chicken Feet

as of the time I am posting this, the label list on the FSIS website is outdated, but the product list is the correct expanded version.

listeria can take months to cause illness after exposure, and then up to a month or so for an illness to become officially associated with a foorborne illness outbreak. the true number of people who got sick is expected to be higher, and the number of listeria cases associated with this outbreak is expected to rise. not everyone who gets sick from listeria seeks out medical attention.

most people exposed to listeria will not develop major illness. but if you are in a high risk group and have eaten these products, talk to your doctor. there are antibiotics you can be prescribed before possibly developing symptoms. and as always, if you think you have gotten sick from the recalled products, please consider seeking medical attention, even if just to get your case officially linked to this outbreak. listeriosis can cause long-term medical issues, and if it does, you really want as many relevant medical records of it as possible.

the FSIS is currently working on a list of retail locations that sold these products, but as I post this now, it has not yet been uploaded. these products were also sold online.

as a reminder, I do not post every unites states food recall. please consider staying informed from official government recall sources. and if US recalls are irrelevant to you, please consider staying informed about whatever recalls are relevant to you. chances are, there are more recalls than you realize.

https://www.recalls.gov/ <- official website for recalls in the united states.

stay safe and take care!

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Great lesson in empathy, you never know what someone is going through.

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Respect the boundaries of toddlers and young children. If they say "Don't kiss me!" or "No hugs!" don't do it you cretins.