How can a restaurant have “homemade” sauce? Isn’t it by definition not homemade if a restaurant is making it? Do words still even mean anything?

Today I learned that you can browse Rotten Tomatoes by streaming service and genre, and this is going to save me soooo much time looking for decent horror movies. I can’t believe it never occurred to me before.

@Heavymetalmotherindisguise do you know what service she’s using to get the numbers? Though I would assume the provider would require a warrant before revealing to the police any information they could use to identify the user. And if the police aren’t interested in investigating, they probably wouldn’t seek a warrant. Is it possible the communications they’re sending you constitute a criminal offense like cyberstalking or harassment? You could try getting a lawyer involved.

@Bix so does that mean you can’t see how many Likes someone else’s post has or that you can’t see who has Liked it? I bet it’s the latter because that would help them disguise bot interactions

@Heavymetalmotherindisguise I’m not an expert but I don’t think so, at least not as an individual civilian and even with law enforcement resources it would be a challenge. You would need to know who purchased it if it’s an actual burner, or have some kind of trace info if it’s a virtual number like Google Voice. There’s a reason criminals like them :/

I’m not a big fan of Fiona Apple, but I do love this line from “Paper Bag”:

He said, “It’s all in your head,”
and I said, “So’s everything,”
but he didn’t get it.

... because a key component of the stupid decisions that lead the couple to ruin is that the boyfriend or husband suffers from toxic masculinity (picking fights over trivial slights), overconfidence in their survival skills (not bringing a map or necessary survival gear when camping), or overconfidence in their decision-making (insisting on going somewhere most sane people would not choose to go), or some combination of the above.

There's a whole subgenre (which I usually enjoy) of horror movies about hetero couples where the boyfriend/husband makes stupid decisions which get them lost in the wilderness, piss off a ghost/demon, or piss off psychotic locals who then terrorize them, after which only the girlfriend/wife survives the ordeal, or they both die. Examples: Eden Lake, In Fear, Backcountry. I'm sure I'll think of more soon. They feel like a pointed commentary on the psychological consequences of patriarchy, because

Cleaning my septum tonight and somehow despite the jewelry having been safely flipped up in my nose for two days, I pulled the q-tip out and the ball from the end of the barbell fell out too. I’m guessing the q-tip was spinning it somehow? Anyway, 10 minutes, a toothpick, and a piece of duct tape later, I’ve earned my Girl Scout badge and it’s back in place but probably not too securely. Guess I’m calling my piercer tomorrow.

@MidnightRider many people don’t tip cash anymore. Even so, being a hairdresser is difficult in different ways than being an LPN and since I haven’t done both of those jobs I wouldn’t feel comfortable trying to compare how easy or hard they are. Even if your haircut only takes 10 minutes, that doesn’t mean your hairdresser does 6 haircuts per hour, and the tip on a $25 haircut is at best $5.

@MidnightRider my hair appointments typically take a full hour so the only amount my hairdresser makes for that hour is whatever her cut is of the service price, plus my tip. And since she’s in customer service mode being friendly and chatting that entire time AND doing something for me which requires skill and creativity at the same time, I feel the tip is earned. It’s true that it isn’t my fault tips are part of hair salon culture but if I didn’t like it I just wouldn’t go to a salon.

What I DON’T buy is the concept of paying tips for someone who interacted with you in a business transaction who did not perform any service that typically involves a tip: handing the customer a takeout order, being a cashier, or fulfilling an online order. In both cases, the employer is a shithead trying to get out of having to pay a fair wage, but in one case it’s an accepted norm we need to abide until it’s legislated out; in the other it isn’t yet but it will become one if people accept it.

To clarify, I firmly believe that if you hire someone to perform a SERVICE in a service industry where tipping is normal (haircut, tattoo/piercing, serving food to a dine-in customer, shoe shine) you should tip them at least 18% because typically those people do not make enough money and rely on tips. It shouldn’t be that way, but it is and if you refuse to tip because it shouldn’t be that way, you’re punishing the workers and it isn’t their fault.

I’m trying to order h2ocean spray online from a tattoo supply company and their online checkout asks you to add a tip. A tip for what?? This has gone too far.

Ordered my shiny for when my septum is healed. Hopefully changing the jewelry by myself isn’t too hard or I won’t get to enjoy it very often.

I want to get a fancy septum clicker before we go to Finland, since I’ll have two full weeks off work and can enjoy wearing a shiny thing that doesn’t have to be flipped up daily. The problem is that I fell into the septum jewelry internet vortex and I’ve been down it all day today and I still didn’t pick one 😂

This morning I had to flip my septum ring up for the first time, and it was so painful even after soaking in saline briefly that it made my eyes tear up. I think I’m just going to have to leave it up there for the next few weeks to prevent trauma to the piercing site. Sad.