Adult Truths

everyday wisdom ^ | 10/16/2019 | multiple

[sodpoodle]

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front

[Dr. Sivana]

Cursive is hard to read anyway, especially when people write sloppily.

Sometimes it is the only way, though. When I got word that a girl I knew well in college had gotten a bad case of stomach cancer in her 40s and would be dying within a few weeks, neither an email nor a typed, word-processed laser print would do the job.

I forced myself with my bad computer guy penmanship to write a letter, three pages of cursive. She called before the end, and getting a hand-written letter made a difference. More recently my 80 year old godmother passed, and I used cursive to write a short note to my godfather on the sympathy card. It works better than manuscript.

For personal use I do print by had, outside of checks and signatures on legal documents.

[itsahoot]

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

Of course, since all books are published in cursive, it is an absolute must. Besides if people didn't use cursive the Post Office Department wouldn't have a convenient excuse for undeliverable mail.</s>

[itsahoot]

But MY question is: Was learning algebra really necessary?”

No and neither was cursive. At least not today. Pens and pencils have been replaced with keyboards and touch type keyboards skills were largely replaced by thumb typing and keyboards will be replaced by to speech to text.

I went to grade school when duplicates were still made with indelible pencil and a pan of gel. We didn't regularly use quill pens still but the desks all had inkwell hole in the desk top.

[itsahoot]

No matter how many times you look at the corners and decide, “this is right”, it’s not when you try to make it fit!!

I use spandex sheets (she on amazon) and it doesn't seem to recall matter since they really stretch to fit.

[Don W]

That’s the one thing these lists get wrong.

Traffic flows a lot better if the merging occurs at the end of the merge lane in a “zipper” pattern.

The “ME FIRST” attitude demonstrated by this item is the entire cause of the problem. Ask ANY driving instructor or road safety professional.