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I just wanted to say that it's good and healthy to try and establish some boundaries when you're providing this sort of service. It takes real work, and that work is at the expense of your time and energy, which are limited resources. I would recommend setting some reasonable limits for how much you can handle and not being afraid to outsource some of your fact checking to places like Snopes or other fact checkers if you're overwhelmed.

hi, thank you!! I am doing my best to be Sensible, and set some boundaries :)

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ameliahcrowley

This is the *best* news! There are four jerks who (when not in lockdown) always saunter into the coffee bar near my kids' dance class without masks and when challenged announce "Asthma" with the smuggest "The law says you can't ask for proof that we all have the exact same condition that isn't actually affected by masks" grins you can imagine. I can't wait to share the good news!

I mean, it sounds fun but also please be careful, the kind of person who will do that is the kind of person who will get violent if they don’t like someone’s tone. Think very cautiously about how to approach that, and whether the payoff would be worth it. Though you should tell the coffee bar to speak to the ADA, because I believe there is no legal government support for allowing unmasked patrons into a business regardless of disability status. 

whatthemeepever

@copperbadge have you tried the primatene mist inhalers? You can get them at Walgreens. I use like half a pump at a time compared to two full pumps of the prescription inhalers.

I haven’t -- I was planning to but last time I mentioned it I had a BUNCH of people reach out to me about its dangers, especially in terms of potential cardio risks (the most public discussion I had about it is here). Last time I spoke with my doctor he confirmed that it was not a good option for me. 

reesa-chan

Shoot. I've been having asthma flare ups recently and was planning on talking to my doctor about getting some more albuterol for my nebulizer as well as starting up some control meds again. It hadn't occurred to me that there might be a shortage of the stuff.

I think probably it’s less short now than it was a few months ago because manufacture has ramped up since then, and also they know more about how well it works and for whom, in terms of COVID. But I would definitely talk to your doctor sooner rather than later, since there may be a lead-time to getting some from the pharmacy. 

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reesa-chan replied to your post “I'm pretty sure you've touched on this before, but I'm not sure, and...”

I'm curious whether you've considered just diverging wildly from canon at some point as things in canon move in directions that feel less and less compatible with your story. Would that make it any easier for you or does the structure of canon provide a necessary framework for you to build from?

Yeah, I think after this one things will be much more divergent. The problem is, seeded Ultron A LOT, and created my own doom. 

I plan on hitting some similar points, but I know things like Civil War are going to be way different from the films, because of how my universe is now. And I’ve written a bunch of it, and it’s different, so, ya know. I think canon at this point is like landmarks along the road -- maybe I’ll come close to some but not to others. 

After this is ... the Savage Land one, I think. And then the family wedding fic, and then I think the age regression one. 

I just have to make it past ultron ohgodwhy?

I have been working on it, though. I actually just yesterday went and wrote a bit of the aftermath, just so I could see how I wanted things to land. I hope that will make it easier for me to go on. 

[levynite]

reesa-chan:I thought Starbit requested postponing until next weekend since they have SAT's this morning and prom this evening and they were really interested in the movie?

That was last week....? I may be wrong...In any case, does anyone know how to contact star to check?

[fuckyeahdarcylewis]

I'm trying to either find a fic or verify that it's been taken down. This story was a Supernatural crossover set post-WS and the fall of SHIELD. Clint had some magic texts that needed to get into safe hands so he sent Darcy and Kate on a roadtrip to get them out of dodge (and away from Hydra) and get the books to the Winchesters. Kate was not impressed by Darcy's nonchalant civilian attitude, but it turned out Darcy was more capable than she seemed. Any help finding this would be great!

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levynite replied to your post “Fun story-a friend bought a condo...”

get a big big sack of salt

I do have a giant jar of salt! Last time Nakki visited she was like “You don’t even use salt much, why do you have a HUGE JAR of it” and I was like, I guess because I don’t use it much...

Though I will say large-grain kosher salt is great for cleaning crusty bits out of pans, especially cast iron. 

terrie01 replied to your post “All I can think about...”

There is no situation where "I'm going to go read some Terry Pratchett" is not an acceptable answer.

This is true. He is a balm to the soul and whatever you are taking too seriously, he has made fun of, it’s kind of great.

drgaellon reblogged your post and added:

It’s called “thread seal tape” or “Teflon tape”

THE TAPE IS A LIE! I swapped out the shower heads at the Bartment this morning and I only bought two yards of the stuff because like, how much tape could I need, but then I dropped the roll and because it DOESN’T ADHERE tape was eeeeverywhere.

I salvaged it, but I was like WHY IS THIS CALLED TAPE, IT HAS NO STICKUM. 

It does work though. Once I got it on it was great. 

reesa-chan replied to your post “clockways replied to your photoset...”

...wait. I own more than twice as many different kinds of mustard as you? I think I had 15 at last count.

Being fair to me, I’ve been trying to eat them up so I have fewer to move :D

And these days honestly most of my mustards are gifts so I don’t have strict control over how many I have on any given day. But I eat a lot of mustard so it’s a constantly rotating cast! 

I’m out of Plochman’s and I have like, two spoonfuls of the garlic mustard left. I’m saving them for a special occasion. 

things-with-teeth replied to your photoset “I bought a fridge....”

I love that there's at least two of everything except the mayo. It's like whoever set up the picture was like, "we're going overboard on everything here, and acknowledge that even one bottle of mayo is too much mayo”

Oh my god I’m kind of gagging just thinking about two entire bottles of mayonnaise...

atalantapendrag replied to your post “Omg Sam...”

I gave Moxie a second try not long ago - well chilled, it was starting to grow on me by the last sip. But I also like Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Tonic and DRY Soda's cucumber flavor and lavender flavor.

I’m still hoping to try cel-ray tonic! I really liked the fake version I made with sugar celery syrup. 

I like Moxie but the full-sugar is the better of the two, and I can only drink so much of it before it messes with my digestion. 

But someday I will go to the Moxie Festival. 

rsfcommonplace replied to your post “Omg Sam...”

Wait. They make a Moxie candle? I mean, I'll sip at a Moxie once in a great while, but I'm not sure I'd want to make my apartment smell like the stuff.

Oh no sorry, those two were unrelated -- they don’t make a Moxie candle but they do sell Moxie in a cooler and I was like “Hey look at this cool old-fashioned bottle” and Sci was like “Have you never had Moxie?” and then bought me one and told the cashiers “He’s never had Moxie” and I drank it and approved of it right there in the store :D It was pretty magical watching the cashiers go from “anxious anticipation” to “beaming with joy” as I downed it. 

niennanir replied to your post “niennanir replied to your post...”

don't forget to buy and measure the frame so you know how big to make the square

theactualcluegirl replied to your post “niennanir replied to your post...”

Do we need to get you a paper Kremlin for your Red Square, Sam? Because that's doable. M' just sayin.

I SENSE A TRIP TO MICHAELS COMING ON.

Now I want a frame that somehow has an intangible Russian Aesthetic to it. 

dorkilybeautiful replied to your post “Startled yell #3...”

The two things that occur to me: 1) mirrors are also sometimes used to reflect/repel, and it may be the CLOSET, not the mirror that's the issue, and 2) you might be wise to be careful about this thing in the dark, though that's a personal superstition.

I did instinctively start storing all the doors I pulled off of all the other closets and cabinets in the Possibly Accursed Closet. *thoughtful* 

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owlsongsandgoblinlaughs replied to your post “Answers About Taxes”

Bryn Mawr also has an unusually good track record of admitting underprivileged and underserved students with high financial aid packages. It's a tiny school and unusual in the bunch subject to this part of the bill for a number of reasons (very queer friendly, and still a women's college) that I'm curious why you named it rather than Haverford or Swarthmore, close neighbors in the same consortium that are both more widely known and have larger endowments.

It’s not actually the size of the endowment that matters -- it’s the endowment-per-student. The tax applies to universities with more than 500 students where the endowment is greater than $500K per student. Swarthmore qualifies for the tax but Haverford actually doesn’t -- it has the lowest enrollment of the three but also the smallest endowment, a little over half of Bryn Mawr’s. 

Ultimately, I just chose Bryn Mawr over Swarthmore because I felt it has more name recognition as a nationally prominent school -- I wasn’t passing judgement on admissions or financial aid policies. Could just be that I’ve known a bunch of Bryn Mawr students so I have a skewed idea of which one is more prominent in the national eye. 

There’s a full list of the schools that qualify at the end of this article, if you’re interested. (The list may have shifted slightly since the bill was passed, this was written two days previous.)

reesa-chan replied to your post “Answers About Taxes”

My grandpa taught there for a long time. It actually has a very specific purpose - to make higher education accessible to poor Appalachians who come from backgrounds that would otherwise make it inaccessible to them. They're set up like a work study program - everyone at the school has a job and the wages from those jobs go to the school, but that's the only tuition you owe. It's a really great deal. They also have MASSES of free and cheap learning opportunities for seniors in the area and they host Christmas Country Dance School from December 26th through January 1st every winder - a collaborative effort that hosts a ton of different folk dancing, music, and folk craft classes during the day as well as keeping the song and dance and stories alive in communal gatherings, evening concerts and performances, and night time dances. It's pretty great.

Nice! It did seem like the school was getting rather unfairly treated especially since Republicans have long held it up as an example of a school that others should emulate, in terms of tuition and access. I’m sure the administrators are frantic right now; I read an interview where one of them said the endowment tax would mean they’d have to turn away about twenty students per year they could otherwise have accepted, which with the size of their enrollment is a significant number. 

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Answers About Taxes

avenger-fan-jam replied to your post “rionsanura replied to your post...”

Thanks, I hate it.

Oh, we ALL hate it. 

fittingoutjane replied to your post “rionsanura replied to your post...”

Reducing the estate tax, though, that's going to hurt the BIG donations made when rich people die.

Ughhhhh and it’s so complicated. I really should include the estate tax stuff in my summary but goddamn. Reading articles about the estate tax is exactly like watching a fandom you’re not in FREAK THE FUCK OUT -- you have an idea of what happened to set people off, but you don’t know any of the characters or what the event means for them or why that event in particular set people off. 

Like, just, all the reporting on the estate tax is a bunch of accounting nerds flipping their shit with no context. 

reesa-chan replied to your post “rionsanura replied to your post...”

Just out of curiosity, is that hippie school in Kentucky Berea College?

Yep -- I don’t actually know much about them other than that they’re a tuition-free Christian college that only takes low-resource students, but Republicans were working super hard to get them an exemption and then some change in the wording of the bill caused the exemption to fall through. So now it’s like, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Notre Dame, Amherst, MIT, Bryn Mawr, University of Chicago...and BEREA.