I said it above and I’ll say it again…a Nero situation might just happen at the next Olympics and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.

So what you’re saying is that the UK needs a repeat of Cable Street to drive home that fascism isn’t welcome and drive out wannabe-Mosley.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a Nero situation happen at the next Olympics.

This was all with one flatmate…

I bought bison burgers (expensive…a pack of 8 was $20 CAD at the time) and then actually replaced it…with beef burgers that were $15 for a pack of 20. Not the same thing on a nutritional level (I had to watch my fat intake due to lingering issues after gallbladder removal and was dealing with B12 issues - bison is lower in fat and higher in iron and B12 than beef). His reasoning was that he had seen me eat burgers before, so that should be fine.

When I was making cookies for people at work like I did every year for the holidays, he came into the kitchen and was like, ‘That looks good.’ and went to grab one from the cooling rack. (They are good. People raved about these cookies.) I told him I’d hurt him if he touched them because it was for gifts for other people. I ended up getting a mini-fridge with a freezer for my room so I could have some food he wouldn’t touch. Although one Thanksgiving I had people over and the food wouldn’t fit in my mini, so I had to label everything saying that it was for my upcoming guests and if he touched it there would be trouble.

His girlfriends (that I never saw - they always came in and left when I was either asleep or out and I spent a lot of time in my room anyway) would use up all my pads. I went to grab one from a pack that I bought the month before and there were one or two left. They also would use my shampoo and steal my hair clips. (I know the hair clips are a small thing, but when you have a lot of hair and need the bigger ones to contain it all the cost of replacing them adds up over time.) I ended up changing to using a cup instead of pads so they couldn’t just take things and kept all of my toiletries in my room. I also switched to the ‘no shampoo’ method of hair (which actually worked better for my hair) so they couldn’t just take my shampoo and conditioner.

He also never bought TP or anything like that, I was the one always supplying that stuff, so that also ended up hidden in my room and he had to get his own. It would have been one thing if he had bought it too for the both of us to use, but he didn’t so he was on his own for that.

The final straw came when he was out of town and the police came knocking at the door asking about his girlfriends and if any of them were younger. I had seen shoes of people I didn’t know at the door, but I legit never saw them, so I couldn’t say what they’re ages were. I started looking for a new place that day.

Probably what happens when we read anything from history nowadays.

Some people will look at the source critically. ‘Was Suetonius trying to pander to the powers that be when writing about the Julio-Claudians?’

Some people will take it as gospel like people do with the whole ‘CORSETS WERE EVIL!!!’ discourse because they saw a few satirical pictures making fun of women tight lacing (which wasn’t actually common btw).

Translating something from an ancient language and have it rhyme perfectly in English every single time.

I once applied for a government position. Entry level admin. I had been working admin for 7+yrs plus various volunteer positions since I was 18.

It was about 2hrs to fill out the form and answer all their questions.

I didn’t hear anything back after a couple of weeks and was like, ‘Ok. I should have heard back by now, I didn’t get picked for an interview, whatever.’

ONE YEAR LATER I got an e-mail telling me that they weren’t going ahead with my application.

If it’s been a year and you’re reaching out then it had better say that a new position has opened up and would like to talk to me about it, not ‘We’re going ahead with other candidates.’ Also, if that’s when you’re getting an answer then it kinda looks like, ‘We finally saw your application.’ The slow turning wheels of bureaucracy…

It’s fuckin’ ridiculous.

Well, the sub is pending now…

Thanks! :)

Yeah, something like that. Thanks! :)

Ok, cool! I’ll check periodically then. Thanks! :)

I don’t know his full history, so I don’t know about the war/violence aspect, but Mansa Musa - 14th century - had a lot of wealth (billionaire by today’s standards), but he was also generous with his wealth to the point that he made gold pretty much worthless in Egypt for a time. (He passed through there on his Hajj.) So at least one.

A lot of animals, including dogs and cats, are capable of getting ticks, so not a huge factor in comparing them with more traditional pets.

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Hedgehog!!! They’re so cute!

Medicine.

The wrath I’d reign down on all the asshole doctors that dismiss patient experiences…

$100K/yr.

Yes, with inflation it won’t go as far in subsequent years, but it doesn’t say anywhere that it’s the only source for your income, so you can make more money in other ways, like starting a business or investing some of that $100K in a low risk investment plan that will help you later.

Looking in the toilet before you flush.

And you should do it. The colour of your urine tells you how hydrated you are and so if you should be consuming more fluids (hydration isn’t just water). The state of your feces can be an early warning system to potential issues even if it didn’t feel off when you went.