…if someone asks me to repeat myself immediately, without pause, i presume they’re too f*cking lazy to parse phonemes nor to respect communication as mutual effort, and move on to a better use of my time…

the reason we need you || what we need you for
( choose one )

…f*cking nazis, man; i hope the boycott is vast and conspicuous…

…i’m not speaking to health, only the vernacular meaning of ‘chemical’ ingredients…

…stateside standard for private-sector salaried positions is ten working days per year (combined illness/vacation) which begin accruing after a six-month probationary period; some employers increase that to fifteen or twenty days for long-tenured staff after several / many years of continuous employment, but it varies…

…for hourly positions, you’re paid only for actual hours worked…

…government positions tend to be much more generous with holidays, vacation, and sick leave, although compensation is typically lower than the private sector; large corporations often fall somewhere between those two extremes…

…my cars are named mehve, pejitei gunship, teto, and ohmu after aircraft and creatures from nausicäa of the valley of wind…

…chaosium and palladium both beat steve jackson there by several years, too…

…well, i mean, who really wants an enchanter tossing fireballs across the rose garden?..

…in the context of processed foods, i’ve always considered ‘chemicals’ synonymous with industrially synthesised ingredients, by contrast to naturally-occurring foodstuffs…

…none of the people in that image would have been considered white when i was growing up…

…my parents beat me for trying to do something about it: fuck them, they’re complicit to this day…

…same rules apply to dishcloths…

…scotchbrite pads generally won’t scuff aluminum cookware, but stainless steel mesh works well on steel, iron, and glass; in either case, sanitary-sponge rules apply…

don’t.
use.
sponges.

…the f*ck is wrong with you people?!.if you must use a sponge: thoroughly wash, rinse, wring, and set it out somewhere well-ventilated to air-dry quickly and completely after each use…

…seriously, do wash your f*cking hair by dunking your head in a soiled toilet and flushing it a couple of times?..you eat off your dishes, man, practice some sanitary scullery!..

…the sinister secret of saltmarsh has always struck me as essentially an episode of scooby-doo…

…i’ve worked with an acoustics consultant named dick boehner…

…that’s mostly due to it being undercooked (or cooked-just-right in my opinion), which i learned the hard way after binging on a giant bag and fearing i needed to rush to the hospital until an absurdly-long-winded bout of flatulence relieved the pressure…

…if you overcook your broccoli it doesn’t have the same effect…