My wife is teaching a two-week class on WWI and getting overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material. So I start helping. Her: “How the hell do you know all this? Did you really pay that much attention in school?” Me: “hun… how have you not noticed the two full rows of WW1 history books in our bookshelves?”

I fell asleep on a train outside Kyoto. I mean really fell asleep, I was exhausted from walking all day. Woke up at the end of the line. Like, the actual end. The train was empty and stopped. I panicked, grabbed my stuff, but then realized my phone wasn't in my pocket. It had fallen between the seat cushions. I was digging around looking for it when the conductor came through. Older woman, very stern looking. I tried to explain in terrible Japanese that I missed my stop and lost my phone. She held up one finger like "wait" and made a phone call. Then she started searching with me. Found my phone wedged deep in the seat. Handed it to me, then checked my train pass to see where I was trying to go. She walked me off the train, across the platform, and put me on the right train going back. Told the conductor on that train something in Japanese, and he nodded. As my train pulled away she gave me this tiny smile and a wave. The new conductor came by and said in English "Yamada-san called ahead. I will tell you your stop. Don't sleep." He personally came and got me at my stop. Said "here is your station. No more sleeping on trains, okay?" Like a gentle scolding. Two strangers went out of their way to get a confused tourist back on track. The first one even made sure the second one knew to watch out for me.

The SEC is a rare instance of an insulated and self sufficient dating market, that outsiders can neither infiltrate nor fully understand. It is the last remaining functional dating subculture in USA, with healthy incentives for relationship formation still reasonably intact. 1/8

I genuinely don’t understand why people don’t sell everything they have, move to Iowa, buy a beautiful old house for next to nothing, and start enjoying a simpler, better, and more affordable life.

This is one of the most interesting geographical regions of the United States.

I was the bully it was glorious

Sometimes people tell me their name and I'm like, what the fuck, I didn't even *listen* to what they said. I can't forget their name; I never knew it.

i mean, i think anyone who’s watched enough friends move thru life with different outcomes could speak about this. had my life turned out poorly i would also be qualified to talk about life decisions, don’t you think?

Honestly everything has gotten so generally gay already “Pride month” feels redundant at this point. We need…something gayer…

two parts of the "kids in public" discourse that are being repeatedly overlooked 1. there are legitimately people who HATE normal, happy child noises 2. no one wants to acknowledge *whose* children are often poorly behaved in public

If you are an AMERICAN SKILLED TRADESMAN who wants to work in a NAVAL SHIPYARD, my DMs are OPEN. Send me your trade or ideally a resume, and I will refer you DAY OF. Requirements: -can show up on time -can piss clean -no recent felonies -can relocate -LOVES AMERICA

Shotgun cuff, hand stitched, American-made leather body with horsehide furnishings. Custom-made for 20ga Remington Wingmaster.

My friend just video called me from his new job and they are allowed to drink alcohol in the office , guess which industry he is in