That’s about 87 grams of sugar, which is about 3 times the recommended sugar daily intake for an adult male. Which roughly translates to, as bollybing put it, a beetus.

That depends. How many gallons would you say you drink a day?

This made me think of something that happened to a good friend of mine. He’s in his 50s and is one of the most healthy people I know in terms of diet and exercise.

He went to the doctor the other day for a checkup. His doctor made an off the cuff remark about his cholesterol levels being normal, which was fine for a regular person by maybe a little concerning for a person with diabetes.

My friend was like “What do you mean for a person with diabetes?” and the doc responded “You didn’t know you had diabetes?”

They went through my friend’s diet to see what could be the cause. The conversation went like this:

Doc: Do you drink sugary drinks like soda?

Friend: Never.

Doc: What do you eat in a typical day?

Friend: Mostly rice and spinach. And beans too. Honestly most days I forget to eat.

Doc: This doesn’t really check out. Are you sure there’s nothing else you’re eating or drinking?

Friend: Oh… I also usually drink about a gallon of orange juice a day.

So yeah … that’s the story of how my supposedly healthy friend gave himself diabetes by drinking a metric fuckton of OJ.

Schrodinger’s immigrant for the Trump era: they’re all criminals and have no criminal records… clearly because they’re such good criminals.

It cracks me up that compound interest gets raised every time someone makes an argument about just how much money billionaires have. As if the only reason we’re not billionaires is because we were too dumb to invest the $5,000 we’ve been making every day since Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

I realize this is an older article, but it still holds up well.

Yeah I’m struggling to understand why the word “foreign” is in that sentence at all.

Valid point, but this is the leopards ate my face community. We’re here to see faces eaten.

Yeah, my friends from 20 years ago that fucking LOVED Bush now pretend they want nothing to do with him. Trump will be the same way. Set a reminder for 2045 to ask your favorite Republican what they think of Trump.

I posted this on another thread, but thought it was worth sharing here as well.

Heads up this is about to get worse. Republicans recently voted to cut retirement funding for air traffic controllers. By cutting the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for workers retiring before 62 (all Air Traffic Controllers are required to retire at 56 and are eligible to retire at 50), this is completely fucking over ATCs who continue working by changing their retirement math.

An open secret with ATCs is that they have numerous medical qualifications that they have to maintain to keep working. For example, if they see a doctor about sleep apnea, depression, alcoholism, etc they lose their medical qualification and are forced to take a medical retirement.

So what happens if you’re an ATC in your 40s and the government says “hey you can keep working for the next 10 years and retire without this FERS supplement… Or you can tell your doctor that you snore at night and take an immediate medical retirement right now and get paid more in retirement”?

TLDR; We’re about to have a shit load of Air Traffic Controllers taking medical retirements and these staffing problems are going to explode.

Wait… The one on the left is actually a different person from the one on the right? Not just a happy “lol look at the poors” expression on her face?

The Hannibal Lecter thing drives me nuts, because Trump clearly heard someone mention immigration from political asylum and confused that with mental asylums.

I wish the press would have picked up on it and called him out.

This person knew what Project 2025 was and just refused to believe it. This is exactly what they voted for.

Heads up this is about to get worse. Republicans recently voted to cut retirement funding for air traffic controllers. . By cutting the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for workers retiring before 62 (all Air Traffic Controllers are required to retire at 56 and are eligible to retire at 50), this is completely fucking over ATCs who continue working by changing their retirement math.

An open secret with ATCs is that they have numerous medical qualifications that they have to maintain to keep working. For example, if they see a doctor about sleep apnea, depression, alcoholism, etc they lose their medical qualification and are forced to take a medical retirement.

So what happens if you’re an ATC in your 40s and the government says “hey you can keep working for the next 10 years and retire without this FERS supplement… Or you can tell your doctor that you snore at night and take an immediate medical retirement right now and get paid more in retirement”?

TLDR; We’re about to have a shit load of Air Traffic Controllers taking medical retirements and these staffing problems are going to explode.

“Let’s test if anyone remembers: write down when, where and how we met each other, along with your mother’s maiden name and the make/model of the first car you ever owned :-)”

The Hobbit came out in 1937

Not saying the meme is true, but it’s worth noting that The Two Towers, which this meme references, was published in 1954.

I love how this is a universal experience.

Ah I shouldn’t have skimmed this while on a work call. I saw:

“Approaching women is a violation of their personal space and could make them feel very uncomfortable, especially if they feel like they don’t have an easy way out.”

and thought that OP was saying they were uncomfortable talking to women period.

I’ve found that meal delivery kits are perfect for this situation, though they typically require a commitment of cooking at least 3 days a week. I like how they let you pick recipes ahead of time and then take care of the ingredients. I suck at planning, so having them take care of the planning so I can focus on the cooking has been awesome for me.

I’m with your parents on this one. It’s not hard to talk to someone without harassing them. Obviously you have to be mindful of the context of the situation.

• You’re at a party and attempt to strike up a friendly conversation with someone? Totally fine

• You see an attractive stranger walking on the street and you stop them to ask them out? Not ok

Obviously there are loads of gray areas in between, but you can’t just start with the premise that talking to a woman is harassment.