I'm 90% sure this is an "I feel powerless and I can control this" thing.
I'm seeing this in adults as well. Including myself. I mean, I'm not peeing on the floor. But the concept stands.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cass - Jul 20, 2020 3:08:50 pm PDT #23790 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2020 3:19:23 pm PDT #23791 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm 90% sure this is an "I feel powerless and I can control this" thing.
That sounds about right, ugh.
When I meal prep I do everything but the cooking, pretty much - Get everything measured and combined and ready to go into the pot or whatever. Is that not how people use it?
My friend posts pictures of fully cooked meals or dishes or whatever and says she is "meal prepping" for the week! I say she is cooking for the week.
-t - Jul 20, 2020 3:51:15 pm PDT #23792 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. Well, I'm still inclined to suppose that she may have circumstances that make that a suitable description - perhaps her actual meals are beautifully plated or in some other manner not considered meals per se until they are served. It does seem to require a certain amount of stretching and contortion, though, so that you may feel justified in your irritation.
Is it obvious that I've been listening to Jane Austen all day? I feel like it's very obvious.
meara - Jul 20, 2020 4:03:24 pm PDT #23793 of 30019
I guess I feel like if you are cooking, you're probably eating some of it right then, and maybe having leftovers. If you're meal prepping, it's that you're making multiple meals at once and not planning to eat them right away but rather during the week (or in the future sometime, if you're freezing them). Yes, technically that's "cooking for the week" but I don't have a problem with it.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2020 4:07:51 pm PDT #23794 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you're meal prepping, it's that you're making multiple meals at once and not planning to eat them right away but rather during the week (or in the future sometime, if you're freezing them).
Interesting! I can go with that, I guess.
Is it obvious that I've been listening to Jane Austen all day? I feel like it's very obvious.
I mean, not until you said that!
-t - Jul 20, 2020 4:17:52 pm PDT #23795 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara with the sense-making
flea - Jul 20, 2020 4:58:45 pm PDT #23796 of 30019
information libertarian
People, what am I going to do with my life now? I just want to work with nice people and get paid a modest amount to do something with my talents, and I not very hopeful that that exists.
-t - Jul 20, 2020 5:16:45 pm PDT #23797 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like such a reasonable goal, flea! I wish I had any sort of advice on how to achieve it.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 20, 2020 5:23:38 pm PDT #23798 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am serious about looking into instructional design. Universiies need it now, and you have a Master's. You could also probably work at a distance. I would hire you in a minute.
Trudy Booth - Jul 20, 2020 6:00:09 pm PDT #23799 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My peeve is "price point."
Sometimes it seems to mean "price" and other times, "budget."
Both of which already have perfectly cromulent (and different!) words already.