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  • So, fun and slightly unrelated story:

    In the late 80s, when I was a teen, we were driving through the Arizona desert to Mexico and there was this big stretch where there was just nothing. No radio, no rest stops, literally nothing. And I had to pee really bad.

    So we pulled over for me to do my business. It was an open desert with nothing to hide behind, so I went a bit from the road and found the biggest bush I could. It was dead and not full enough for much privacy, but far enough that I thought it gave enough cover. So I squatted and pulled down my shorts, and heard a really loud rattle. I didn’t even think. Just scrambled back towards the car, butt naked to the sky, scraping my knees in the dirt. Not even sure when or how I pulled up my shorts.

    I’d nearly pissed on a rattlesnake. The adults reassured me that they rattle instead of bite, so I wasn’t in real danger. They thought it was hilarious. I did not.

    Sometimes you don’t think, you just do what you can do.












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    8 days ago

    Obviously, yes. And further on weekends. Why is this controversial, tho?

    I don’t re-clean my already clean kitchen when I’m not using it. It tends to stay clean til next time?

    I eat one meal a day, typically at the end of the day. I clean before and after. Do you do this differently?




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    Thanks, superman. My kitchen is clean. But I don’t scour it every few hours. What sort of standard is that?

    I’m still amazed by your suggestion w e should get home from a long day and deep clean everything. What kind of life is that?

    Clean to our satisfaction, not whatever weird standard you are trying to project. Not sure how we got on this topic, but damn. Your standard sounds way too high. I’m glad you have no other issues, but others do.


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    ‘Hopefully, you clean your counters more than once a day’ quote. What? Do you actually clean all your surfaces more than once a day? Like, yeah, that would be ideal, but anyone writing this had never had to live in real life. We have actual jobs and limited time.

    Sure, that would be ideal, but this cannot be serious? No way this is even remotely plausible, what the fuck.

    Some of us barely have time to just live and clean some things, nevermind this being standard in any way, damn.