There are “kinder eggs” here now, but they are in no way the kinder eggs that they have in Europe. They’re the same brand, but with a ton more plastic packaging so that we don’t get all confused about what’s chocolate and what’s not.

I dream of the day that we make America a place that OP would like to visit.

Good guy Satan.

Sometimes I’ll be kinda zoned out and realize I just signaled because the road curved.

This reminds me of the time that I learned that the correct answer to “what’s up?” is “what’s up?” At least in the context of that one coworker who would say that to me as we were walking past each other.

I’ve since learned to recognize these things as a “bid for connection”. It generally has little to do with the content of the question or the answer and everything to do with relating.

So basically there is no wrong answer. And there are lots of good examples in this thread!

Personally I tend to answer “not much” as a knee-jerk reaction, but sometimes I’ll remember to say something else after that.

The post in the screen shot is dated February 14, 2025 though?

I’m good now, thanks 🙂

Hey bud it sounds like our experiences may have quite a bit of overlap. I think the #1 thing that helps here is learning to have and respect healthy boundaries. Internal and external boundaries allow you to have more fulfilling relationships and feel more fulfilled yourself. These are things that a lot of people kind of implicitly learn from their families, but we weren’t so lucky. If you have the option and can find a good therapist, they can help you with this. Otherwise, there are a lot of good books about boundaries that you can probably get from your local library or Amazon.

That’s what I did, still have some trouble with IRL relationships though.

I am amazed at how often that gets considered an invalid email.

I found a picture of a taco bell menu from late 2023 showing the beefy 5-layer for $2.19.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tacobell/comments/180gjxn/whats_your_favorite_menu_item/

(Pam meme) they’re the same picture

I mean, it does sound like y’all both saved yourselves some time.

When I was a teenager, I was hanging out with my brother who is 8 years older while he was fucking around with his .45 (probably ostensibly cleaning it) and it was pointed towards me when for some reason the slide suddenly released and the live round that was inexplicably involved jammed in the mechanism.

So I mean, I guess I didn’t dodge a bullet, but I think I got pretty lucky.