Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "Let's See What's Going On Down At The Brain Factory"
It’s Monday, and you know what that means: I round up a bunch of stuff I saw on the internet last week and put it all together for you to read at once. Let’s get to it!
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There is… a lot… to unpack here:
Edit: answering a few of the common questions:
Roommate is the mother of my children and also my girlfriend, but we are not in love.
Meat slicer is relevant because of the additional financial strain. I’m the primary user of the meat slicer when I’m home but she has full use of it while I’m away.
Edit 2: I’m getting a lot of questions about the meat slicer. When you buy ribeye pre-sliced there’s a 50 cent premium per slice, relative to buying a full ribeye and slicing your own. So assuming you have 3-4 ribeyes a week it pays for itself in just over 2 years.
The AUDACITY:
Ex then said he hates that name. He thinks it sounds old and stuffy. He says that as his mother, "Mary", has recently (November 2019) passed away, he wants to name our daughter Mary. He says Mary must be the first name and that I can have either Elizabeth or Laura as the middle name…
Ex said that if we're going to co-parent then I have to learn to compromise and this is the place to start, and that it's unfair that I got to choose both her first and middle name.
I said that if he hadn't blocked me for the better part of a year, he'd have been able to say all of this when she was born.
What a vocal little baby.
A cat standing on its own tail.
Your kid is right and you don’t appreciate your wife:
I got really angry that he said that, but Jake talked over me, saying how despite Kate working full time, I still expected her to take care of them, do all the household stuff, do all the shopping, and even then I wasn’t happy. I always found something to complain about. Said that even though I knew it hurt her to be discarded even though she’s the one who put in the all the work, I still couldn’t do something as simple as buy something off amazon or stop by the store and pick out a card. It wasn’t like Kate was high maintenance or had expensive tastes, she just wanted to be acknowledged and he was surprised she stayed with me with how unappreciative I was. I told him he was being extremely rude to me and left to cool down.
SUCH A SMOL BABY! (I know there are lots of cats in these emails but I don’t care.)
I love this thread of childhood mysteries solved much, much later:
I asked “so, someone broke into your house and only stole your doctor’s kit, leaving anything worth fencing there?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Did you ever consider your folks were tired of you using the kit on them all the time after you got better?”
“Oh, damn.”
(When I was in Grade 1, Santa came to our classroom and every kid got a present. Years later when I stopped believing in Santa Claus, I was amazed that a public school teacher was able to afford gifts for all her students… It took me longer than it should have to realize that the parents each bought a gift for their kid. Thanks for the play jewellery set, mom and dad! I loved it.)
TUMBLR!
(via sketiana, thread found here.)
(via prokopetz.)
(via kineticpenguin.)
(via writing-prompt-s, thread found here. And here’s some context if you need it.)
(via fartgallery, thread found here.)
ARTICLES!
‘Heroes’ Was Supposed to Be Leonard Roberts’ Big Break. Instead, It Nearly Broke Him., Variety
After The US Election, Key People Are Leaving Facebook And Torching The Company In Departure Notes, BuzzFeed News
Here’s All The Best Influencer Drama That Went Down In 2020, BuzzFeed News
In 2020, The Bimbo Is Back, Rolling Stone
You’ve seen Giancarlo Esposito in everything. Now the actor wants you to see him as himself., Washington Post
Our Last Minute, Extremely Online Gift Guide, The New York Times — never buy me anything from this list.
That’s all for me today, gorgeous. Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat
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