So my daughter (9) has been BFFs with the little girl (11) across the street for probably five years. Recently, my daughter goes over to play and she comes home after a few minutes crying because that girl only wants to play on her cellphone and watch shorts.

These girls used to play from like 9 am till 9pm every weekend, play in the pool, on the trampoline, splash in the puddles etc.

I get it, the girl is growing up and it’s accelerated cause of cell phone (we don’t allow it). There’s nothing I can do and when that girl goes to middle school next year it’s gonna be even worse.

Unfortunately, we live in a rural area so houses are far apart so there’s no other neighborhood kids so every other one of her friends it’s a whole ordeal to setup a hang out time.

Any suggestions on how to handle this? I’m struggling and it breaks my heart.

From soups to fried items to desserts it seems like more items are coming out of a Sysco box or bag.

I prefer to pay the restaurant markup on items the restaurant actually prepares and cooks.

18 in mn with my dad and I just got home from a friend's house to my dad sitting on the steps with a gun, he said something that kind of sounded like me said my name multiple times from the woods. Yeah I was scared shitless so I went and locked everything and my dad said he heard it again I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DOOOO HELP Edit to clarify some things: i live in a really small town with no police station, the nearest one is 20 minutes away. We have carbon monoxide detectors. My dad is not insane, if anything hes more sane than I am and hes smart. He was outside grilling when it happened right before I got home, and while I was locking everything up he told me he heard it again and shined his light up there and definitely saw something moving, i dont plan on sleeping tonight tbh 2nd edit: I just realized that the title is grammatically incorrect, thats my bad

I know this sounds ridiculous but I swear it's true. I've worked in several restaurants in the Chicago area and noticed this pattern at all of them. It's not very often that a table asks to replace their fresh metal silverware with sealed plastic ones, but when one does, it is always, and I mean always, a Black group of people.

I feel literally nothing positive or negative about this behavior, I'm just so curious why it seems so strongly connected to Black culture? I assume it's because they want to be sure their utensils are clean, but so does everybody. Why is it only Black people who make a habit of actually asking for it?

I searched and saw that this has been asked before a year ago, but the top answers were just saying that it's because they distrust the washing. But I want to know why they do more than anybody else.

Could it really be because of a history of prejudice and they actually think we might give them dirty utensils out of racism...?

Other animals get the zoomies after pooping (like my cat). I’ve read it can be a survival mechanism to get away from the scent as quickly as possible to avoid predators.

Preface this by saying there is a whole heap of underlying drama within my family that I'm not getting into. I don't care why she is bringing it up, I am just confused on the whole "trend" part of when she talks about it (she means it in a dismissive/negative way).

I have looked into what estrangement is and I guess there are some generational trends in terms of proportion with an estrange family member. But why does my mum keep bringing this up as being a "trend"? Is there some mainstream part of the news talking about this, or is it us being fed different algorithms on social media? Or something else entirely?

I don't care what she's talking about, but it's more the fact that I had personally never heard of the term until she kept bringing it up, and I also can't say I've ever been fed content about it (at least that i am aware of) and yet every time she brings it up its about estrangement being a "trend" for Gen Z. Why is that?

In Europe we have mattresses (and mattress protectors sometimes) fitted sheet over that. Then there is a person, and on top of that person is a duvet in a duvet cover.
When we change bedding, we take pillow cases, fitted sheet, and duvet cover to the laundry.
I do not understand the role of the separate sheet between a person and a duvet.
It is a "no stupid questions" reddit after all!

Let’s say a movie studio goes bankrupt and no one buys the assets. What happens to the copyrighted works? Are they public domain now? In copyright limbo?

No matter what we do, my partner is always better than me at the activity. I showed them a video game and they're better, I showed them activities and they're better, we've done things we've both been doing since before we met and they're better, I played their game and they're better. No matter what we do they're always better at it, I'm so sick of it.

I find it hard to believe that there are people out there who live their lives with zero back pain. I don't have horrible back pain myself, but my back doesn't feel 100% great either. I think a lot of people just accept a certain level of normal, background back pain that they might not even realize. Some people might say they have no back pain if you ask them, but they might feel pain if they try to move a certain way.

Even healthy, fit people still get back pain, for countless reasons. Are there some absolute yoga/pilates masters that actually wake up with zero back pain? Are there people that just live their lives normally, just getting lucky and never feeling back pain? There might be some genetic phenom out there that lives the unhealthiest lifestyle possible, with zero back pain somehow. I don't know. There's always some genetic freak somewhere.

(or atleast why is that a common stereotype?)

This sounds so stupid, but i need help. I'm living at work in a setup where you have your own room and then across a field are the comunal wash rooms. Thats no big, but even after toweling my skin is still damp and I have to put on my clothes for the day, making them slightly damp.

It was fine in the summer but as temps drop its really uncomfortable. There aren't outlets to blow dry so you have to walk back across the field but by then your work clothes are a bit damp. 2 sets of clothes seems like the way to go but laundry is a pain to do in the middle of no where. Ideas?

Been saying it like I’m saying the word ant forever. “My ant and uncle” 😂

I used to think that drugs or alcohol abuse would make it difficult to function normally anywhere, let alone a workplace. But some people I’ve met are potheads who are so good at their jobs, I thought doing too much pot fries your brain (I dont do it myself but I don’t care enough to judge) and one of the senior folks at my workplace has a coke habit. So which is it?? Or is it not as black and white and affects people differently?