#and if it works it works

[newtafterdark]

On the earlier egg cooking post I reblogged -

Thinking about it more, I feel like I experienced a lot of weird change when I moved with my mom from East Germany to West Germany as a kid. Specifically from a poor household into one where her partner had considerable money.

The poking the egg thing was very much something my mom insisted on, possibly due to her chef background. The egg cups and spoons were a thing too, but that it genuinely just a common German thing all over the country. (No matter if the egg is soft or hard.)

But man, was it weird to have her partner tell us that we were eating the eggs "wrong", since he always cut off the top part completely with a knife, and my mom and I simply hit the top of the egg with the spoon and then peeled the egg open starting on that spot.

Same with the whole egg cooker bit. He suggested we get one and my mom and I were just like ???? pots work just fine ???, so at least on that we got to keep doing what we knew.

After moving out from my stepdad's place a couple years back, I have reverted back to a lot of cooking-related things that I was used to from living in East Germany. Like, I brush off his remaining insistence that I buy certain gadgets (egg cooker, bread slicer) and honestly I couldn't be happier.

I never got comfortable with the high / upper middle class way of life he pressed onto my mom and me - and I'm honestly thankful for it.

[astronnova]

that one scrapped episode

[omegaverse-anesthesiologist]

why is ao3 is blocked on the hospital wifi????

[theriverbeyond]

Ideal work schedule:

I show up and am given a list of cognitively engaging but achievable tasks

I complete the list

I leave immedietly

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Art by: Henry James Garrett

[monsieurenjlolras]

you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

[eruditetyro]

good morning let’s hear it for Mildly Cool Outside a round of applause for Mildly Cool Outside

[tributary]

[regina-cordium]

Guy just walked in with a shirt that said “I don’t question my wife’s choices because I’m one of them” and frankly I’m obsessed

[w1lmuttart]

The lake town

[epoxyconfetti]

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

@magitekconveyor

[gaydelgard]

if you are the type of person to tell a girl to stop driving around with an adult sized plastic skeleton strapped into the backseat of her car do not imagine even for one second that you could ever score a girl who would drive around with an adult sized plastic skeleton in the backseat of her car

[ivyblooms]

The funniest homophobia I ever experienced was a Mormon lady at my work telling me she would accept me being gay because we have to get along as coworkers but I really should consider not being gay because gay people have sex like animals (especially gay men) and she just couldn't stop thinking about it and how gross we are. She started really getting distressed, near tears, and saying 'I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop." over and over and miming some kind of sex acts with her hands and I was like ?????? What is happening???? One of the other Mormon ladies had to come over and pat her on the back and help her sit down to help her calm down and our boss gave her the afternoon off due to being too upset to work.

[ilona-mushroom]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.