'Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used'

The most important thing I ever learned as a graphic designer is that you neeeed a person that you trust who hasn't watched you making the design to look at the finished product before you use it. I call it "having a poop checker" in honor of the first time I designed a boardgame piece that was supposed to be a coiled snake and instead looked like a poop. You need the checker or you end up with a geometric design on Hanukkah wrapping paper that looks like swastikas (which happened in a hallmark), or with the snowflake that looks like little bad guys. Also get a 14 year old boy to look at your design. They will immediately see anything accidently inappropriate.

Anastasia saying 'do you know about the goonch?" Made me fucking cackle

The funny thing about Lunchables vs Lunchly in terms of the drink situation, some Lunchables DO come with a little plastic bottle of ice mountain water and a Kool aid packet to mix in, and the boxes are just...structurally sound and packed tight enough that the bottle isn't smacking around in the box.

I work at a Bath & Body Works. My store never got these candles in, so I didn’t hear anything about them until a couple days ago. But the smashing candles thing is what we always do with non-sellable candles in store (label misprints, returned after being burned a little, etc). We put them in the paper bags, staple them shut, then smash them on the floor and throw them in the trash. Being able to smash a candle - especially in the middle of a long, stressful shift - can be pretty fun tbh! But for the quantity of candles that they had to get rid of for this, I agree it’s extremely wasteful.

It’s so uncommon to make little circles in paper snowflakes… because you usually use just scissors. To make the circles you’d need to add a hole puncher

Teacher here. I felt every bit of that. Every single day I have to act as: a teacher, a mediator, a therapist, a secretary, a project manager. I have to work outside of my hours in order to complete even a fraction of what the district and admin expect me to do: lesson planning, grading, data collection, PTCs, parent communication, prepping lesson materials.

And I can't even afford to live in a studio apartment on my own without having a second job.

Former retail worker here: Usually any time a product is recalled, you have to destroy it by breaking it. A lot of times it makes sense if the product was recalled because the dye is causing a rash or the scent is causing people to feel sick. Outside of the tax write offs of processing damages, they don't want a dumpster diver (or additional people if the items are being resold by said diver) to get sick because of the discarded yet intact product. Not because the company cares about their wellbeing of course, probably because of potential lawsuits. So I'm sure Bath & Body Works probably has a blanket policy to destroy recalled products because usually the recall would be caused by a harmful physical reaction.

Still seems super wasteful though that in this case they couldn't just temporarily remove the candles to backstock and ship the stores new labels or stickers so they could restock them once changed.

Speaking of recalls, anyone with grocery store experience know how Lunchly hasn't been pulled from shelves yet? Is it because no one has reported getting sick so federal agencies aren't involved yet? And the Lunchly bros are too dumb and stubborn to voluntarily recall?

Legal eagle would have a good guess to why it's a full sized prime drink. Basically, prime stopped selling really well, and they are also getting sued by a private label manufacturer. I feel that this is a last-ditch attempt at getting rid of a ton of their surplus stock.

Radioshack used to have us scrap so much stuff because of barcode or label misprints, and they also expected us to break it and throw it away. Needless to say I ended up with so many speakers, 30ft hdmi cables and routers that I'm still using like 15 years later.

The REAL meaning of "gifted kid": "a young person who has a significantly higher likelihood of being burnt out by the age of 21"

Public school teacher here: Thank you for making those points, Jarvis. ❤ The good news is that more schools in CA are starting to employ serious emotional support for students and staff alike. For example, my four schools currently have counselors, psychiatrists, and mindfulness coaches. And I'm the music teacher.🎉

TGI Fridays is how I found out my ex was stealing hundreds of dollars from me after we broke up

Lol why do I feel like the photo of the paper snowflake was AI generated? I feel like actual paper snowflakes never have so many rounded edges and perfectly circular holes like that.

You can’t call something “the klandle scandal” that’s too fun to say

I spilt my tray of beads at Anastasia so casually dropping "y'all know the goonch?". How am i supposed to craft under these conditions.

I got flagged as gifted because I was always extremely good at standardized tests…

I did NOT get flagged as having severe adhd and depression

There was nobody to do that.

Fucked me all up and I never made it thru college. 🤷

I was diagnosed with ADHD in my late 20s, currently working in the tech industry as a programmer, and trying to switch to doing YouTube full time. This podcast has become my parasocial support group, thank you for making it ❤

"THE KLANDLE" IS CRAZY 😭😭😭

i love talking about impactful teachers. my 4th grade teacher was so special to me. i was a notorious daydreamer and i would always draw on EVERYTHING. on my tests, quizzes, homework, take home papers, and he would always write notes like "love this one!" and tell me how he loved my art. he had a jungle themed classroom and he was so kind and patient. considering how i was not diagnosed with adhd yet, he adapted with it and never made me feel stupid or a nuisance. i miss him dearly :,)