I think that’s probably true - Japan has such a sanitized reputation now (which, frankly, isn’t entirely deserved), and most people probably don’t ever take a history class after high school, so a lot of people probably genuinely don’t know how bad it was. I did a little over 3 years of an undergrad history major and never heard a word about it. The only reason I know anything about it is because my AP US History teacher in high school told a few of us about it after a class on WWII. I had nightmares about some of the pictures for a few nights. I see why they don’t generally teach it to kids.
I work in government and we’re not allowed to accept gifts over $50, but I really prefer no one give me anything. Any time someone has, it’s been a thank you for work that’s already done, but I don’t want there to ever be any question about it. Plus, when you’re a younger woman (so not so much these days, but early career), people question if the gifter was angling for something else, which is awkward.
Even that wouldn’t always work. This woman found out I was working on my birthday (I always do, but I guess that’s s big deal to some), so she came back with cake, a bottle of prosecco, and flowers. My mom was like, “Was she trying to date you??” That woman was one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen in real life, I fucking WISH she was trying to date me. I am not that lucky. It’s only the men my dad’s age that are trying to hook up.
Brb, bout to post this on nextdoor and watch all my neighbors fight.
Seriously though, this dude made a post on there today about how he’s “been wearing his army gear the last few days and no one has thanked him for his service.” I would walk into traffic if I was ever that embarrassing.
Oh my god, finally. I’ve been wearing my Internet Cringe Police shirt all week and you’re the only one who has thanked me for protecting the American people with my life or my wifi or whatever.
Waffles. But my roommate in college bought a puppy before the summer, named it Waffles, took her home, and came back in the fall with an untrained dog that peed in the house and he never cleaned it up. Poor Waffles, she didn’t ask to be raised by terrible owners but I ended up moving out early because of her.
Oh I tried, but he undermined everything I worked on. I went home to work every weekend so she’d pee on the carpet and he’d just leave it until I got back, so the idea that peeing in the apartment was bad never really stuck. He let her chew a red marker all over the floor, too, and when I walked in to see her doing it and him in the couch ignoring her, he sat up and was like, “oh, uh, bad dog!” It was impossible.
President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
A long weekend to rest. I had a hysterectomy on the 1st and went back to work last week and by last night I was so sore. I’m feeling a lot better overall but sitting up for 8 hours a day was a lot harder than I expected. Having 3 days where I can lay down when I need to is really nice. Plus, it’s supposed to be really nice out, so maybe I’ll do some of the resting in my hammock.
If it’s laparoscopic, it shouldn’t be too bad. I spent pretty much the whole first week in bed napping off and on, other than short walks every couple of hours. The second week, I worked from home (still in bed) and had to lay down for a few minutes here and there, but felt a lot better. With ice packs and rest, I only needed to take anything for pain the first 4-ish days and then occasionally when I pushed myself a little too hard, and I never needed anything stronger than advil/tylenol.
The only thing I wish I’d done was either taking higher doses of stool softeners or taking a laxative sooner - it’s unpleasant to talk about but trust me when I say your SO really doesn’t want to go several days without pooping when you can’t really push without feeling like you’re going to tear something important.
They’re so stupid. Income Withholding Orders don’t have to come from the court - they’re largely considered the default way to collect child support, and most orders automatically say they’re going to be put in place, so the court has already ordered that the enforcement agency can and should issue them.
The only time we didn’t issue an IWO was on orders that specifically forbade it (and we would go to court to get a new order if those cases were delinquent) or if the non-custodial parent was manually paying on time.
She’s so, so tacky - like if there was a Jersey Shore cast member who didn’t own a hairbrush and spent the whole time screaming slurs hit middle age and realized they didn’t have any useful life skills so they went into politics.
So…odds are decent? I don’t know if it’s a swastika but I’d honestly be more surprised if she didn’t have a really hideous lower back tattoo.
Also, Very Important People, which I have to mention as a full on Vic stan. I thought Brennan was the love of my life, but Vic is working on usurping him. I love an elderly British man in a brown suit.
TIL I was ambitious. And here I thought my attitude of, “I can skip these 2 papers and still have a solid C,” made me kind of a bum. NOPE! I skimmed so many papers.
I'm baaaaack, with frens this time (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Bribery schmibery. Make them pay for their stupidity (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Brought to you by this week’s dumb required corporate training.
There was very little wind in the 80s/90s as a result (lemmy.world)
memoriarule (lemmy.world)
Meet my new puppy: Ass! (lemmy.world)
We're studying the wrong monkeys. (lemmy.world)
Yes, I know chimps aren’t monkeys. I didn’t make this.
Republicans enraged by Biden’s efforts to keep gas prices lower (www.msnbc.com)
President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
Trump ends speech to 'mostly boos' after going 'off prompter' and 'making fun of' his host (www.rawstory.com)
My absolute favorite image ever created (lemmy.world)
Owen Wilson's "Wow" (mander.xyz)
The moon is a hot topic worldwide! (lemmy.world)
What are you currently excited for?
The birth (or death) of a relative, the release of a new program, game, series, movie, the date you were dreaming about, could be anything
toxic help forum (lemmy.world)
Sovcit cancelled his child support so leave him alone or he'll send you 22 page letters. (lemmy.world)
Colorado GOP calls for all children to be pulled from public schools (www.9news.com)
Gamechanger (file.coffee)
Adjusting for inflation, they're probably at least $16 by now (lemmy.today)
Is there another way to do it...? (lemmy.world)