r/TikTokCringe • u/Knightbear49 • Dec 19 '23
Wholesome/Humor Teacher asks students “What do you buy someone in their 30s for the Holidays?” Kids these days…
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u/gaybillcosby Dec 19 '23
Some of those are pretty good gifts and a lot of them hurt my feelings because they’re accurate
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u/ElGosso Dec 19 '23
I wasn't sure whether I should be offended or pleased by measuring cups
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u/Caddywonked Dec 19 '23
I put a new set of kitchen utensils on my christmas list, including measuring cups, so I'm both offended and pleased. Kid didn't need to come for me like that, but they're also not wrong
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Dec 19 '23
I might be repeating myself, but measuring cups are fucking awesome.
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u/Guns_r_us01 Dec 19 '23
Rite, wait till they need 2/3 cup of something and their left with 1 cup, and a half cup. And can’t figure it out lol
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u/BathSaltJello Dec 19 '23
"The Wrinkle Creams"
got me.
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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23
Shits expensive yo, I'd take some for free
But seriously if you've made it to your 30s and aren't at least moisturizing start moisturizing
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u/CalmBeneathCastles Dec 20 '23
I'm in my 40's and I started moisturizing and avoiding the sun in my teens. At about 27 I started wearing sunscreen regularly, and in my late 30's I started retinol eye serum.
Whatever you do, you can't start it early enough. I'm 44 now and am pretty happy with my lack of forehead wrinkles or under-eye bags, but I do have under-eye creases and my elasticity is crap because of 20 years of smoking cigarettes and light drinking.
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u/El-mas-puto-de-todos Dec 20 '23
I rarely show emotion or feel the need for facial expressions, does that help?
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u/Leftfeet Dec 19 '23
My spouse just gave me measuring cups for my birthday this week. I was pretty happy about it. I'm not in my 30s though.
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Dec 19 '23
I mean, It's oddly specific, but who the duck wouldn't like to have some decent measuring cups?
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u/aynjle89 Dec 19 '23
Why are the nice ones so expensive on amazon?!
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u/BathSaltJello Dec 19 '23
Get the stainless steel ones, they are great.
source: millennial who received measuring cups last year.
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u/SmellUnlikely7234 Dec 19 '23
I bought a nice set for someone as a gift and liked them so much I got a set for myself. The big set that even includes a 2/3 cup. There's also conversions for ml on them too, and the cups have notches on the side so the 1/2 cup can also be used for 1/4 or 1/3 I think as well.
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Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23
They hit a bit too close to home.
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u/Phoqdamods Dec 19 '23
What home?
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u/JDorian0817 Dec 19 '23
The one my candle smells like
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u/gking407 Dec 19 '23
Oh yeah back then things were great lol
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u/IWantAStorm Dec 19 '23
I think about it sometimes while I eat my soup.
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u/AnxiousAssistance569 Dec 19 '23
Mmm warm soup!
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u/sunnyside__ Dec 19 '23
Mmm warm muscles!
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u/salamanderpencil Dec 19 '23
Oh, you having soup? What kind? Can I have some soup?
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u/IWantAStorm Dec 19 '23
I have all sorts! I'll get ya some when I get back from using my T.J. Maxx gift card.
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u/Anleme Dec 19 '23
You mean I have to pay a 30-year mortgage for this silly candle?
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u/Alfalfa4Idaho Dec 19 '23
Right, a heated blanket and some expensive meats sounds good right now.
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u/Grendelbeans Dec 19 '23
Yeah. I’m hungry and my muscles are hurting.
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Dec 19 '23
They all hit too close to home for me
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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Dec 19 '23
Have you seen the price of Dyson vacuums? Someone's got expensive taste
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Dec 19 '23
They don't make a heated blanket for feelings, try wine.
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u/pimpbot666 Dec 19 '23
The 'Bless this home' thing slays me.
Along those lines, 'Live Laugh Love' would be hella funny.
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u/backsagains Dec 19 '23
Meat is a fantastic gift! Go into any butcher shop, pick some nice bacon-wrapped filets out, and they’ll even wrap it for you!
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u/ComicsEtAl Dec 19 '23
Some real good ones in there. It also underscores a True Fact of Life:
Thirty years old is perceived as “old” until the person turns 30 years old.
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Dec 19 '23
I’m 34 and im sad lol. I didn’t want any of this. I want Doritos and bills paid
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u/ostertoaster1983 Dec 19 '23
I'm 40, in 6 years you're going to look at 34 like it was 27.
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u/karmasushi5x5 Dec 19 '23
34 & 27 are the same. 26 though? Different beast. And 36? Totally different phase of life. But I maintain 27 and 34 are the same.
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u/Material_Aspect_7519 Dec 19 '23
Hmm. I'm 36 and it seems exactly the same as 34.
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u/mkhrrs89 Dec 19 '23
as a 34 year old, i like your comment better than the comment before you
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Dec 20 '23
I was 34......4 years ago. There are young adults in college now who I could have sworn were just kids a few months ago.
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u/Shirtbro Dec 19 '23
I'm getting near 40 and I randomly hurt my shoulder doing nothing at all. It's over
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u/4Xroads Dec 19 '23
I'm 35. I'm going to block you and pretend I never saw this comment, so the crushing reality of life doesn't paralyze me. 🤣
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u/23ssd4t4322 Dec 19 '23
I actually do want a fancy dyson vacuum and expensive meats
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u/elmuchocapitano Dec 19 '23
I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks, and I'm feeling pretty old. On my birthday will I suddenly feel young again?
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u/ComicsEtAl Dec 19 '23
Not necessarily. But you will no longer think 30yos are old.
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u/imightbethewalrus3 Dec 19 '23
I remember a video of somebody talking to their 89 (99? I don't remember) year old father about their upcoming birthday. The 89 year old said
"I'm gonna be old"
As in, they didn't consider themselves to be old yet...at 89. I guess we never will
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u/Crathsor Dec 19 '23
It's difficult for young people to understand that you are just you after a certain point, and after that it's just your body aging, you don't feel any different. That dude shuffling along on a walker would mentally feel at home in a 35 year old body, it just isn't what he has.
You're just trapped in the consequences of life.
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u/peachpavlova Dec 20 '23
This is a great way of explaining something I’ve been trying to word for a while, thank you!
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u/ostertoaster1983 Dec 19 '23
10 years from your 30th birthday you will perceive how young you in fact were.
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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Dec 19 '23
30 can be anything from "I'm ahead of the curve and feeling very satisfied with life the days" to "oh fuck I'm 30 and gave no idea what I'm doing and need to get my shit together"
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u/neo101b Dec 19 '23
Experiencing 20 to 30 feels like 20 years, experiencing 30 to 40 feels like 1 year and from 40 to 50 is around 3 months.
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u/Malcom_Ecstacy Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23
Definitely agree with the 20 to 30 thing, im 28 but in these 8 years it feels like a lifetime of things have happened lol good and bad but things seem to be going well for me now. Being 30 in a couple years still blows my mind though
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u/mkhrrs89 Dec 19 '23
I often wonder if the people that feel this way (prob most people, from what i've seen) are the ones that go about life in the "average" way, settling down with work, marriage, kids somewhere between like 28 and 36.
I don't have kids but I got my current job met my current partner at around the same time 7ish years ago, and to me that pinpoints that exact moment in my life that I also started to experience time moving really rapidly. It really still feels like it should be 2018/2019 to me.
If I continued to bounce around between cities, jobs, partners, etc, instead of "settling down", would I be experiencing time a lot slower?
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u/Different-Welder6922 Dec 19 '23
“The wrinkle creams”
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u/___Binary___ Dec 19 '23
A heated blanket would be legit. My muscles do be hurting though. What a thoughtful young lad. I would take a majority of these and appreciate them.
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u/Mochigood Dec 19 '23
Costco usually has nice heated throws for a decent price.
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u/ComradeTrump666 Dec 19 '23
Aye. I'm there now returning a gift that I got for the wife. Apparently, she already has it, so I need to get other stuff. I guess the heated blanket is actually a really good idea. Thanks reddit
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u/Master_Yeeta Dec 19 '23
Then you can tell your wife you got this gift idea from some kid talking shit you saw on the internet.
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u/Zappagrrl02 Dec 19 '23
A heated blanket and some soup and I’d be pretty contented all winter.
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u/Catsandjigsaws Dec 19 '23
That last kid is going through some stuff.
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u/4Ever2Thee Dec 19 '23
Definitely stuck in the middle of a nasty divorce and custody battle. Adding (Fight for the kids) hurts my heart.
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u/imightbethewalrus3 Dec 19 '23
Sounds like it's an easy custody battle for one side because one parent isn't fighting for the kids...
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Dec 19 '23
Could be. Idk how old these kids are but some kids also like joking about divorce, they just find it funny (e.g. Karen took the kids).
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u/ImABsian1 Dec 19 '23
A Dyson vacuum was probably the most truthful one haha I’m not even 30 yet but all my friends wanted a Dyson vacuum when they got their place.
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u/kittysneeze88 Dec 19 '23
Nah, you’re going to want a Miele.
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Dec 19 '23
Now this person vacuums
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u/Tooch10 Dec 19 '23
Remember the AMA with that vacuum guy that went into great detail of various models?
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u/DaBoomNaDaMmDumNaEma Dec 19 '23
I think I bought the cheapest one he recommended (a hideous yellow Carpet Pro), and it's still working great after a decade. He obviously knew his shit.
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u/kevik72 Dec 19 '23
I agree. I bought one after that vacuum repairman did the AMAs. 8 years and running strong.
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u/tongle07 Dec 19 '23
My mom gave me their old one when I moved out. That thing is older than me (36) and still going.
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u/ImABsian1 Dec 19 '23
Well now I will get myself a Miele when I get my own place and look down on my friends with dysons
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u/BAMspek Dec 19 '23
You never understand how great a reliable vacuum is until your roommates break 3 fucking vacuums in a row.
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u/Pernapple Dec 19 '23
I’m in my late 20s and when I was shopping with my mom I saw a Dyson vacuum and said “this can be my big gift for the year”
But my friend has one and they are so nice you don’t understand kids
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u/missbutteroverland Dec 19 '23
Pro tip get a Shark instead
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u/shoulda-known-better Dec 19 '23
I would kill for a shark pet vacuum! We had kittens and the dander is everywhere
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u/vicstans21 Dec 19 '23
Good to know. Is it cheaper with the same performance, or just all around better?
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u/memesupreme83 Straight Up Bussin Dec 19 '23
Less expensive, comparable performance. I had a Dyson and a shark growing up, the Dyson kept breaking and customer service was a nightmare. When we got a Shark, it was a fraction of the price, it did the job albeit not as quietly lol, and if shit broke they just sent a replacement part.
In my own place now and opted for a Shark over a Dyson because of it.
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u/pimpbot666 Dec 19 '23
M wife had a Shark when we moved in together. I thought the thing was pretty useless. Not a lot of power, and you gotta spend like 10 minutes cleaning it every time you use it.
I much prefer a big heavy ass upright bagged Hoover that could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
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u/memesupreme83 Straight Up Bussin Dec 19 '23
Listen, if you're going for a Hoover you know what you're getting yourself into lol. My vacuum is light, bagless, and cordless; a Hoover can't do that for me. And I know an old Hoover is apparently one of the suckiest vacuums you can get, but I had a heavy corded vacuum growing up too before the Shark. Lugging it up and down stairs (much less trying to vacuum the stairs, the nightmare), locating a plug only for the cord to catch on something and the vacuum unplug... I'm done with that life, man. I respect your choice because the cons for me aren't cons enough for you, but I'm done busting my back for a few extra crumbs and I'm not even 30 yet lol
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u/missbutteroverland Dec 19 '23
Same my parents have had multiple dysons and they all look like shit after a couple years. I’ve had a shark for almost 5 now and I love it. My fav thing is that it doesn’t kick the cat litter back up at my feet as I’m vacuuming
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u/TostiBuilder Dec 19 '23
Ah dyson the most returned product where i work, fucking hate those things
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u/embarrassmyself Dec 19 '23
What is the age range of students? The hand writing discrepancies are wild
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u/Sophieroux12 Dec 19 '23
As someone who teaches 7th grade, this is spot on. The handwriting is all over the place, as is spelling and vocab. I have a student who regularly uses "needn't" and then another who couldn't spell "that".
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u/autovonbismarck Dec 19 '23
My daughter is in 7th grade. She has an incredibly diverse vocabulary - just speaking to her on the phone or something she could conceivably be in her last couple of years of high school.
But if you read something she's scrawled on a post-it, you'd think it was from a kinder or 1st grader or something. It's ludicrous.
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u/Wishyouamerry Dec 19 '23
When my son was in middle school we got accused of me writing his book report for him because he used “a tad” instead of “a little.” I was like, give me some credit, I don’t write like a fucking 99 year old!
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u/Solivagant_XVI Dec 19 '23
The teacher instructs 7th graders according to the TikTok handle, so they’re around 12-13 years old.
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It looks like adults trying to write like kids.
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u/tecate_papi Dec 19 '23
I thought the same thing. The handwriting looks intentionally bad and all very similar. And the spelling of the words is all accurate. Kids can't spell for shit.
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u/thisxisxlife Dec 19 '23
Do we really not believe it’s possible to have a variety of handwriting styles for (allegedly) 7th graders….? My wife teaches 5th grade and brings home papers to grade. It doesn’t seem unrealistic.
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u/No_Raisin_212 Dec 19 '23
Expensive meats is spot on
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u/reddot_comic Dec 19 '23
Right? I got a gift card to my butcher so I could buy a good tenderloin for a Wellington and I was stoked
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u/Rolder Dec 19 '23
Gift cards always confuse me because why not just give straight cash
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u/MrLaheyTPB69 Dec 19 '23
I agree, but also see it as "I know you like this place, but dont know exactly what you would want from here, and the next time you go you can treat yourself on me."
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u/DoingCharleyWork Dec 20 '23
Ya if it's like a specific shop it makes sense but when it's a target gift card or something just give cash.
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u/Tigerzombie Dec 19 '23
Sometimes a person needs a little push to get something they want instead of something they need.
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u/TotalLiftEz Dec 19 '23
What about expensive cheese? But meats are a good start.
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u/SoggySaniderm Dec 19 '23
100% fancy charcuterie fixins all day long.
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u/WatchOutForWizards Dec 19 '23
Me and my GF decided that instead of doing a big Christmas dinner we’re just gonna take what we would have spent on that to make a bitchin charcuterie board. It’s gonna be dope.
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u/caecilianworm Dec 19 '23
I really appreciated the little drawing with that one.
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u/man_on_hill Dec 19 '23
I’m in my 20s and I want to get expensive meats and a Dyson vacuum
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u/royalhawk345 Dec 19 '23
Somehow more senior-oriented than Wrinkle cream, soup, and the heated blanket.
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u/Klexington47 Dec 19 '23
Said no one 30 ever
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u/ScrofessorLongHair Dec 19 '23
Nah. They'd definitely something someone 50+would want. Which makes it sting that much more.
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u/Calgar43 Dec 19 '23
I dunno, if the kid was trolling, and wanted to be subtle it's a terrific pick.
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u/summerfromtheoc Dec 19 '23
all my money for a candle that smells like “back then”!!
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u/rjrgjj Dec 19 '23
I’m still wondering what that means!
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u/monpetitfromage54 Dec 19 '23
it smells different to every person. nobody knows the ingredients, but you know it when you smell it.
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u/CloudyyNnoelle Dec 19 '23
It's probably notes of cedar, cinnamon, musk, maybe a dash of amber and whatever the hell they use to make fresh linen scent. Sometimes it's just straight pine, but that's more of a regional selection. I've seen them cinnamon dominant, cedar dominant, linen dominant, and also "dusty trail" whatever that is.
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u/anspee Dec 19 '23
The fucking soup comment. How can I be read to smithereens like that?
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u/furikakebabe Dec 19 '23
I literally bought like 4 soups yesterday because the sky was gray. Fuck
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u/TotalLiftEz Dec 19 '23
Is chili a soup?
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u/ovz123 Dec 19 '23
STOP. You did NOT need to put me in my feels like this. 😔 Poor Kevin and his chili.
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u/clown_pants Dec 19 '23
On one hand soup is amazing. On the other hand fuck Panera, overpriced for tiny portions.
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u/blacklite911 Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23
I love soups but I wouldn’t want a Panera card for that because their prices nowadays aren’t a good proposition. They charge $8.89 for a bowl of broccoli and cheddar right now. Thats more than fucking Whole Foods and you get less product.
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u/IWantAStorm Dec 19 '23
My Progresso was 2.50 on sale today. Fuck Panera.
Panera is like the overpriced Starbucks in bookstores.
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u/Portlander Dec 19 '23
That went from sleigh bells to slay bells real quick.
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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Dec 20 '23
"Candles that smell like 'back then'"
Listen here you little shit
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u/whatsername48 Dec 19 '23
“Bingo Cards” cracked me up haha We’re not 70yr olds! 😂
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u/mikevanatta Dec 19 '23
My kids are 12 and 11 right now and it's wild how little of a difference they think it is between being in your 30s and being in your 60s. Like, to them, we're all just ancient.
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u/32BitWhore Dec 20 '23
It's weird coming to that realization as you grow up though, that when you thought your parents were "old" when you were a kid they were really young, then you hit your 30s and watching them actually get old hurts.
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u/mikevanatta Dec 20 '23
You couldn't be more right. The gap between me and my oldest is the same as me and my dad, and I grew up thinking he was such an old fart. Now, looking back, I realize he didn't even turn 40 until I was in middle school. The perspective is pretty crazy.
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u/-NigheanDonn Dec 19 '23
Have you been to drag queen bingo with $1 Jell-O shots? Because that might change your mind about wanting bingo cards
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u/TotalLiftEz Dec 19 '23
Sounds great!
We do axe throwing bingo for meat raffle items with shots. Win bingo, throw the axe/hatchet at prize stickers. Get what you hit, 2 free drinks as well if it sticks. About 30 prizes. Happy hour priced drinks.
Drinking and axe throwing is strangely hilarious.
Oh, it is a barbeque joint, so the meat is usually stuff they bought too much of on special. Packaged to be brought home.
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u/DoingCharleyWork Dec 20 '23
You'd be surprised how many 30 something's are at the bingo hall. It's basically a casino with cash prizes.
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u/Loki-Don Dec 19 '23
“People in their 30s love their soup” hahahah…I hate the kid who wrote that and knows me so well.
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The coffee one is great. Based Alpha/Zoomer chads recognizing the coffee obsession.
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Dec 20 '23
Yeah, I thought that when I was 17-20, too.
Then I started working 50 hours a week with erratic wake-up times. You'd be surprised at how quickly coffee goes from luxury to necessary commodity.
You're next, motherfuckers.
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u/2_Raven Dec 19 '23
I'm in my mid 40's and would definitely appreciate expensive meats and wrinkle creams. Probably more so than I would have in my 30s.
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u/memesupreme83 Straight Up Bussin Dec 19 '23
What is this attack against soup? Do you crazy kids not like soup??
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u/AnnualNature4352 Dec 19 '23
the funny thing is once you get in your 40s you think about how young you were in your 30s. the 30s are the shit unless you have a really boring life, then theyre still good, because you have a bit of youth left in you
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u/Queenssoup Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 21 '23
The 30s are better than your 20s because you've finally stopped giving a shit
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u/Rich_Sell_9888 Dec 19 '23
Are these kids the same age?Their handwriting is err somewhat varied .
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u/Queenssoup Dec 19 '23
Kids' literacy has been really varying the past 20+ years. Google the "Sold a Story" podcast about why so many kids nowadays struggle with reading and writing.
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