That Moment...

That's Monsieur Squirrel to you, Hare Whale.

 

Got en Himmel, Herr Squirrel! >:[ Excuse me for getting the spelling wrong, danke.

 

*Gott im Himmel

 

Whales are not supposed to be 100% accurate in human languages and grammars.

 

That moment when you look at Jack in the Box nutrition information AND DIE.

 

Or TMW you look at Jack in the Box nutrition information and are pleasantly surprised by how little calories are in one of your guiltiest pleasures (their tacos).

 

@No-Name Slob I had a peek at their late nite munchie meals... over 1500 calories per meal.

I love their tacos, too, though. Yum yum.

 

TMW you fear the forum had been quiet lately...

 

"Manbuns" gets misinterpreted in "Interests" in online dating profile. Funny convo occurs. Maybe get nostalgia points for sending link to "You're a superstar, Love Inc." Have to wait and see.

 

TMW your economics textbook summarizes a chapter on the arguments against completely unregulated globalized free-trade with "The arguments for protection that we've reviewed leaves free-trade unscathed."

It's one thing to hold a stupid opinion, but it's another thing to pretend your stupid opinion is fact and then try to teach others this "fact."

 

Do you live in the US? If so, welcome to the American education system. "Facts" are subjective, but the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

Contributing to my violent departure from my last attempt at college was an instructor (she does not have a PhD, she is not a professor) who insisted that fungi are plants. I facepalmed so hard and even brought in an article outlining why plants and fungi are in their own separate kingdoms, lady, and her response was "Well the article I read said that fungi are plants." and I was scoffed at for daring to challenge a teacher.

Excuse me, but when you're wrong, you're wrong.

 

TMW there's some whacked out thing going on with your left foot (don't even ask), and your neck is a solid sheet of concrete fixed atop steel plated rods of interconnecting anguish, which some refer to as your "shoulders."

And you're just over here all ... nope, no sign of a lunch break until at least January.

Welcome to the holidays in hell, which some refer to as the "salon."

 

Yes, I live in the US. This textbook is for an online course I'm taking, but I'm lucky enough that although I sometimes disagreed with professors' opinions as an undergrad, they never tried to portray their opinions as facts. My only solace is that at least I'm not in a Texas high school being taught evolution is a trick of the devil.

 

I went to a high school in Texas, and I remember simply being taught plain ol' evolution. Weird.

 

It's quite terrifying here, actually.

That same instructor who asserts fungi are plants also doesn't believe in macro-evolution — that is, evolution over millions of years — because Jesus. She then goes on to tell us about all the breeds of horses we enjoy in our lovely world (it's horse college), and she is totally okay with the micro-evolution that is selective breeding.

That moment when someone tells you they don't believe in evolution, but they do! Make up your god damn mind, woman. Evolution is evolution, you either believe it's true or you don't.

That moment when you find yourself trying really hard not to go on a creationist-vs.-science rampage.

 

What I said was based on that recent decision that has been in the news; I'm not being serious with the joke that all Texas high schools deny evolution. I actually have family in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and they're perfectly normal people (for the most part).

 

I was never taught evolution in my high school. :[ All I remember from my science courses were basic science facts and we dissected a frog and an earthworm. I had to have YouTube inform me of that and...actually, on a lot of things. The only reason I'm not some dumb brick now is because of the things I learned outside the public school system and college.



Also, TMW you forgot how to spell 'earthworm' for a few seconds.

 

When I was in my 9th grade biology class in Ohio, we had to write a paper on evolution verses creationism and give our opinion on which one we believed in. I don't think schools could really get away with doing such an assignment now.

 

That moment when you don't have a badass enough screenshot of your favorite badass mount to use as an avatar, so you need to take some badass video of yourself in game.

 

That moment..

when you receive an email from someone you have been trying to contact for about a year. A lot of emails to a lot of adresses from my side without response. And then suddenly out of the blue - BANG!

 

That moment when you offer your cat a sniff of your pumpkin spice tea, and he recoils in utter disgust.

I don't like it much either, Dex.

 

My cat always wants to sniff whatever I eat. Then when I let her sniff it, she gives this gag like motion then backs off. I don't know what in the world she is doing.

 

That moment when your cat wedges himself by your butt in your office chair while you're writing - and then proceeds to slowly shove you out of it until you end up getting a dining chair so you can leave him in peace in your office chair.

And the dining chair is in no way set up to the correct height for your desk and is not changeable ...

 

That moment when you miss your partner because she's in hospital

 

That moment when you leave your computer for TWO MINUTES and return to find your cat curled up in your chair, content as could be.

Excuse me, cat, I was sitting there.