Things You Just Don't Get

A woman coming one hour before her doctor’s appointment because she needed to do some work. She brought out a laptop, sat at a long table and plugged in her computer proceeding to her online meeting. Oh and she forgot to bring her health ID
 
USA drops De Minimis. Okay. Why is my postal service enrolling me into a program where I am paying for duties as a shipper (seller) to receivers (buyers) in the States? Shouldn't the buyer (aka importer) collect it?

I remember the days of UPS or DHL dropping off a package or a note to collect it with a hefty bill from a broker. But I was the receiver (aka buyer).
 
"I litigi sono fondamentali in una coppia."

Arguments are fundamental in a couple.

I don't know why but I laughed when I heard that.
 
Going on a guided museum tour but spending your time checking Instagram reels and Karrot on your mobile.
 
Cutting, chopping, searing and seasoning are just some of the skills on the menu in this activity. Come learn the basics of cooking and how to prepare delicious and nutritious recipes inspired by Canada's Food Guide. From measuring and mixing ingredients to food safety, you will gain confidence in the kitchen....................................18+ female only.
 
When people say you need new computers to run AI. Isn't it hosted elsewhere? Are you building your own farm on your computer?

Example: Dell AI pc.
 
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I almost got trapped by a free free Palestine protest and the police escort today. What more do these people want? There's a ceasefire no?

Only here can free speech come in the form of screaming Israel is full of dirty Jews.....not that I am Jewish or anything.
 
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People on calls who stay off video and you are on video
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My fave is when you do a job interview online and the candidate doesn’t turn on their camera. Unless you come in heavy and early with apologies and a good excuse like you just got out of surgery, that’s an automatic disqualification for not being able to read the room or prepare.
 
I was at a concert for Handel's Messiah last night. These days attending a weekend performance draws all sorts of crowds in varying degrees of formality when it comes to attire.

A tall bloke walks in with a beard and glasses and curlyish somewhat unkempt hair - this is the style these days - with a top hat, a black tailcoat that goes down to his knees, and a red neck tie. He looked like a caricature of Abraham Lincoln. I reckon he had the same matching coloured plain black trousers. I think he had a waistcoat - not quite sure because of the distance. What is this? An evening version of morning dress? I shudder to think what he believes is appropriate for the upcoming Rigoletto performances. Also if you are willing to go to all these lengths, should you not check your top hat at coat check?

As a reference the men in the orchestra were dressed in white tie.
 
People wearing suede shoes and boots in heavy rains or salt laden slush. Why? Surely they can't be good for suede.
 
Walking on to the frozen lake. Walking on to the frozen lake with your baby in a stroller. Walking on to the frozen lake when we hit 0c and you can see some water 20m in front of you.
 
People living in a village of 9,000 people.

I spent some time the past month in a town (city?) of 160,000. This tri-city area doesn't have enough presence to have their own television channels so I see the 24 hours news station and sports games that are set back where I live. Literally down the street where the basketball and hockey games are. Various shots of news cameras on the scene of traffic, the financial district, skyline shots - and then I wonder, why am I so far away from home?

I guess this must be what New Yorkers think when they see the skyline shots from Bloomberg Surveillance in the morning.
 
This guy next to me waiting for the bus is talking about which uncle and family members he has blocked. What is mother would get from inheritance and what % he will get off her share. Now he is going on about the litany of wrongs done against him and how everyone in the family has more money them him and how some bloke in his family cheated on his wife.
 
Old people with mobility devices wanting to eat at a buffet restaurant. If you have a choice, why pick the place you are least capable of eating in?
 
Woman shivering at the intersection because she decided to wear a short skirt and bear her completely white thighs in 5c overcast weather.
 
I hope you aren’t complaining about women in boots and miniskirts now, Fwiffs!
 
Self checkout tills with 2 people.. Presumably a couple. Is it a 2 man job? I have never seen them pay faster. In the city, the extra person actually gets in the way in the cramped bagging area.
 
Slow cooked peperonata and made cacio pepe for my mother for lunch. After giving her the small portions she wanted because she says she is easily full, she then decided to eat crisps and grocery store palmiers afterwards.
 
Why Americans keep calling King Charles the King of England… it has evolved since 1776 no? There are other realms.
 
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Why Americans keep calling King Charles the King of England… it has evolved since 1776 no? There are other realms.
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Americans use England, Britain and the UK interchangeably because they don’t understand the difference
 
In America, they also don't understand the different communism, fascism, or socialism other than it's not capitalism so it must be the wrong -ism.
 
My favourite way to confuse Americans is to remind them that they use the IMPERIAL measurement system. Along with Burma and Liberia.
 
Somewhat expecting men buying flowers and a bunch of breakfast stuff at 8 in the morning in grocery stores for mums and wives. Not expecting being behind bike couriers with multiple bouquets of flowers. People do UberEats flowers?

One guy was buying multiple cups of coffee. You can't make coffee for your mum or wife or grandma?
 
Closing out every international hantavirus coordination call with words of respect for all the mothers out there.

I feel like Hallmark are trying to expand the holiday to cash in on those who don’t have a mother of their own
 
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Closing out every international hantavirus coordination call with words of respect for all the mothers out there.

I feel like Hallmark are trying to expand the holiday to cash in on those who don’t have a mother of their own
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I just heard someone made an AI avatar service where you can dump things about a dead loved one and the avatar gives you the chance to continue or rebuild your relationship. People make money on everything.
 
People paying massive mortgages and still wanting to buy rental property. Preconstruction condos.
 
I stumbled upon this listing.

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Men wearing double breasted jackets without buttoning them...often very casual. No tie. Sometimes not even a collared shirt.
 
To celebrate Father’s Day without our father, my brother wanted Laotian food cooked for next Sunday. To connect to our non existent Laotian heritage.
 
At a driving range with plastic mats, people changing into golf shoes. Do you need grip on the plastic?
 
Why do people always assume getting hooked up and married is every person’s ultimate dream and destination?
 
Doing up the laces of your spouse on the street. She is not 9 months pregnant
 
Watched Great Gatsby in theatre today. The person who plays Daisy has severe breathing problems when singing.

Theatre etiquette is declining. I am at the aisle next to my lady friend. During intermission and upon exiting some girl pushes my shoulder to get ahead and go to the washroom or exit. Another woman questioned whether I had the right seat because she is in seat 4 and it's the third seat. My aisle seat started at 2. Same woman gets up in the final 3 songs when the actor is still singing and runs out of the theatre. At least wait for a scene change no? Or better yet. Leave at intermission.
 
Why do kids keep digging holes in the sand? What do they hope to find.
 
I was at a dinner with some CxOs in this city. Two of whom I met before but they don't recognise me so I got a chance to listen to their stories all over again. I hadn't attended any events with this group for quite some time because I left work and my father's death.

It's interesting stepping back for a few years to see these grown men still chasing exclusive luxury resorts, golf courses, platinum/elite status, private club memberships, 3m or more of mortgage tied up in multiple properties, this vendor is offering a cocktail hour, this is offering a dinner, this is offering multi day conference at a posh hotel. The stories about how they were so hung over they could barely pull off a golf swing. The recreational drugs. The blackouts. Particularly with the two I met before - they had already been on this treadmill or mouse wheel for some time. Now they're still chasing the same thing except they are fatter, have less hair, or no hair, and generally look more haggard and older.

And I think how I used to covet those things but now it means nothing to me. I don't think getting top 1% would bring my father back or have let him live for another year. Nor would it make these people build a triumphal arch or shrine to remember me for 10,000 years when I die.

A man can be the happiest and most content in the world on poverty wages. A man could be a trillionaire like Elon Musk and still not be happy because what's happiness? It's the moment before you need more happiness. 2 trillion.
 
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