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“Stupid” is one of the few intelligence based insults that isn’t entrenched in mocking of the mentally handicapped, mocking the otherwise disabled, and by connotation doesn’t insult intrinsically a person’s ability.
In modern usage it means “unintelligent” but historical usage and still valid connotation tie it to being stunned or dazzled, and unable to think because of some external force.
I think this basically doesn't matter, though, in terms of words becoming taboo. The reaction and politicization is what shapes our behaviour.
"Stupid" is very cutting when used earnestly, like "shut up" can be. I could see it falling into disfavor because it's the essential word we use for insulting intelligence.
But the one that's probably going to become a battleground next is "crazy." It's already verboten in some progressive circles. I wonder how much traction that will get.
I guess in my circles and online I see the strongest pushback on any words that are modern or historical descriptors of a handicap or condition. It’s not so much about being nicer as it is not stigmatizing someone’s condition, even archaically, to add sting to your insult.
This is probably true generally. I am exposed to a lot of really almost... experimental progressivism
And it isn't about being nicer, I'd agree. It's about realizing that many people have a "condition" of some sort, more broadly, and not stigmatizing it, which is sort an approach that pathologizes almost everything. Which I find worrisome but also understandable.
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Unless you shop at a supermarket with a mile-long parking lot I cannot see how the cart return could possibly be too far off.
I mean presumably you got the cart from this store where you are currently shopping...
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Ugh I hate that "it's someone else's job" attitude behind littering. Just ugh. An instant ticket to being deemed a low grade human.
My ex's step-dad did it because he works in the tunnels in NYC and "it's a union job, I'm just looking out for my union brothers." I'm not sure if that makes him slightly better.
However, when he was in upstate NY I had to remind him that the job likely wasn't union up here, and if it was, it would be a long time before someone got to it on the side of a fucking highway and he's directly contributing to pollution in the area. Especially in an area that already has the most polluted lake in the US.
He wasn't happy about that.
He decided to be grumpy then get really upset with the person working at Wegmans because she wouldn't give him a discount for being a NYC tunnel worker... in upstate NY, some 6 hours away from NYC.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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Does anyone have any advice for how to shovel snow without days of back pain that makes it hard to walk afterwards? Am I just a weak baby?
re bringing in a cart from the lot when you go shopping
The company instructs us when coming in for the day or back from lunch or whatever to grab a cart on our way in, ‘it costs nothing and if all the employees did this it would add up’
So I like to grab a cart whenever I go shopping but part of me resists at my job because of that instruction. I like civility but I hate worker exploitation
Over here shopping trolleys have a little slot in the handlebar. You place a pound coin in this and it releases a chain, which is connected to the next one in the corral. The last one is connected to a chain that connected to the end of the corral. You don't get your pound back until you take your trolley back to where it should go.
People often have tokens the same shape as a pound coin they use all the time for this. Not so they can leave them and not lose a pound, but in case they don't have a pound.
re bringing in a cart from the lot when you go shopping
The company instructs us when coming in for the day or back from lunch or whatever to grab a cart on our way in, ‘it costs nothing and if all the employees did this it would add up’
So I like to grab a cart whenever I go shopping but part of me resists at my job because of that instruction. I like civility but I hate worker exploitation
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As a kid my mom would circle the parking lot at every store over and over and over looking for a “good” spot to park. Not just an open spot but a good spot so we wouldn’t need to walk. We’d often spend enough time doing this that we could have traversed the parking lot from the most distant space to the entrance 4-5 times.
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personally i like to leave my cart in front of entirely different shopping centers
Oh that happened at work too. I had to bring the cart back to Michael's, a crafting store. Did some old ladies decide to take the cart across the parking lot? Who knows!
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
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Does anyone have any advice for how to shovel snow without days of back pain that makes it hard to walk afterwards? Am I just a weak baby?
Try not to really bend your back too much. Ideally your back shouldn’t be doing much of anything. Crouch a little bit and use mostly your arms and legs. Shovel very small amounts faster rather than loading up the shovel.
They also make ergonomic shovels with a bend in the handle, which helps enforce the correct stance.
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As a kid my mom would circle the parking lot at every store over and over and over looking for a “good” spot to park. Not just an open spot but a good spot so we wouldn’t need to walk. We’d often spend enough time doing this that we could have traversed the parking lot from the most distant space to the entrance 4-5 times.
an engineer coworker once told em that efficiency in park+walk time in the whole foods parking lot was the primary incidence of "honey, you don't have to optimize everything and i don't have to listen if you do" between her and her boyfriend
i laughed pretty hard when "it's getting real in the whole foods parking lot" came out not long thereafter
Does anyone have any advice for how to shovel snow without days of back pain that makes it hard to walk afterwards? Am I just a weak baby?
1) Shovel it before it starts to melt. It may fall as wet snow though which is horrible for everyone in every way.
2) You can usually push paths in snow with shovel without having to bend over too much. What you do is just use your body to keep shovel moving after you start it. Just have to watch out for holes and misalignments in what you are shoveling because sudden stops hurt.
3) What I do when my back hurts is I do a push line down the middle of the sidewalk which will create a somewhat big pile in spots. And then I go down the sides and do the sides of the sidewalk in small chunks to limit the weight on the shovel.
4)Pay someone else to do it.
As a kid my mom would circle the parking lot at every store over and over and over looking for a “good” spot to park. Not just an open spot but a good spot so we wouldn’t need to walk. We’d often spend enough time doing this that we could have traversed the parking lot from the most distant space to the entrance 4-5 times.
god dammit I hate people that do this
Is it really such a bad thing to walk a 1/10th of a mile?
jfc
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
It's amazing how the introduction of a single quid of potential loss virtually ended any and all incidents of people leaving trolleys anywhere but where they're supposed to. Incentivise good behaviour, but don't actually reward it in a way that costs money. You get the pound back you put in, the trolley gets home, everyone is happy.
As a kid my mom would circle the parking lot at every store over and over and over looking for a “good” spot to park. Not just an open spot but a good spot so we wouldn’t need to walk. We’d often spend enough time doing this that we could have traversed the parking lot from the most distant space to the entrance 4-5 times.
My dad did this. I always park back far enough that I don't have to wait for anyone to leave. Usually the back half of the lot.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
It's amazing how the introduction of a single quid of potential loss virtually ended any and all incidents of people leaving trolleys anywhere but where they're supposed to. Incentivise good behaviour, but don't actually reward it in a way that costs money. You get the pound back you put in, the trolley gets home, everyone is happy.
In America the one supermarket I know that does this is Aldi
It’s clever but on the other hand who the he*k carries change any more
Does anyone have any advice for how to shovel snow without days of back pain that makes it hard to walk afterwards? Am I just a weak baby?
Smaller scoops.
If you you can do the old push it forward into a pile method do that but DON'T try and lift the whole pile afterwards. Pull the shovel out then scoop bits off the pile to move it. Then do another push, rinse and repeat to keep up efficiency without killing yourself.
It's amazing how the introduction of a single quid of potential loss virtually ended any and all incidents of people leaving trolleys anywhere but where they're supposed to. Incentivise good behaviour, but don't actually reward it in a way that costs money. You get the pound back you put in, the trolley gets home, everyone is happy.
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This is probably true generally. I am exposed to a lot of really almost... experimental progressivism
And it isn't about being nicer, I'd agree. It's about realizing that many people have a "condition" of some sort, more broadly, and not stigmatizing it, which is sort an approach that pathologizes almost everything. Which I find worrisome but also understandable.
I mean presumably you got the cart from this store where you are currently shopping...
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My ex's step-dad did it because he works in the tunnels in NYC and "it's a union job, I'm just looking out for my union brothers." I'm not sure if that makes him slightly better.
However, when he was in upstate NY I had to remind him that the job likely wasn't union up here, and if it was, it would be a long time before someone got to it on the side of a fucking highway and he's directly contributing to pollution in the area. Especially in an area that already has the most polluted lake in the US.
He wasn't happy about that.
He decided to be grumpy then get really upset with the person working at Wegmans because she wouldn't give him a discount for being a NYC tunnel worker... in upstate NY, some 6 hours away from NYC.
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The company instructs us when coming in for the day or back from lunch or whatever to grab a cart on our way in, ‘it costs nothing and if all the employees did this it would add up’
So I like to grab a cart whenever I go shopping but part of me resists at my job because of that instruction. I like civility but I hate worker exploitation
flamethrower or electric snow blaster?
People often have tokens the same shape as a pound coin they use all the time for this. Not so they can leave them and not lose a pound, but in case they don't have a pound.
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yes usually this is something that has to be fixed by physical therapy or other targeted exercise
often a massage can help but only temporarily
you are honorable and perfect
Get a good shovel.
If you already have a good shovel, I'm sorry -
Also, do more lighter loads.
But a mini just fits
What you do is you get someone else to do it and relax, back pain free.
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I feel cheated
D+ skippy
probably yes, in this case
keep doing it
decade old chats are bad but giving skippy bad grades is good so on balance, i agree
https://www.thespruce.com/snow-shoveling-tips-2132769
Oh that happened at work too. I had to bring the cart back to Michael's, a crafting store. Did some old ladies decide to take the cart across the parking lot? Who knows!
but they're listening to every word I say
Try not to really bend your back too much. Ideally your back shouldn’t be doing much of anything. Crouch a little bit and use mostly your arms and legs. Shovel very small amounts faster rather than loading up the shovel.
They also make ergonomic shovels with a bend in the handle, which helps enforce the correct stance.
an engineer coworker once told em that efficiency in park+walk time in the whole foods parking lot was the primary incidence of "honey, you don't have to optimize everything and i don't have to listen if you do" between her and her boyfriend
i laughed pretty hard when "it's getting real in the whole foods parking lot" came out not long thereafter
1) Shovel it before it starts to melt. It may fall as wet snow though which is horrible for everyone in every way.
2) You can usually push paths in snow with shovel without having to bend over too much. What you do is just use your body to keep shovel moving after you start it. Just have to watch out for holes and misalignments in what you are shoveling because sudden stops hurt.
3) What I do when my back hurts is I do a push line down the middle of the sidewalk which will create a somewhat big pile in spots. And then I go down the sides and do the sides of the sidewalk in small chunks to limit the weight on the shovel.
4)Pay someone else to do it.
Lift with your legs still applies to snow shoveling. People often forget this and you are probably using your back.
but they're listening to every word I say
god dammit I hate people that do this
Is it really such a bad thing to walk a 1/10th of a mile?
jfc
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My dad did this. I always park back far enough that I don't have to wait for anyone to leave. Usually the back half of the lot.
but they're listening to every word I say
It’s clever but on the other hand who the he*k carries change any more
This annoys everyone who bums rides with me.
I welcome them to find alternative modes of transportation next time.
Smaller scoops.
If you you can do the old push it forward into a pile method do that but DON'T try and lift the whole pile afterwards. Pull the shovel out then scoop bits off the pile to move it. Then do another push, rinse and repeat to keep up efficiency without killing yourself.