Yeah, as someone w a 3 yo and a 6 yo, I wonder how folks deal w the eventually shouting. I really can’t and have taken to just having a backup meal. Fortunately for me, that meal can just be black beans and rice.

Probably needs at least 5 Etsy witches to address all of the bad juju coming from naming every third road after a confederate

*taps the mic* anyway, NoVA could use some more Wiccans to deal w the bad traffic vibes, amirite? Hey? *taps again*

On the flipside, his politics do vaguely align with many of the Gen Xers in my family 😑

My parents are part of a subgroup of college-educated Viet boomers who settled in the DMV and damn, I never met anyone w his dad’s educational bkgd

One of my most 2nd gen USian traits is doing a quick deep dive on other Viet Ams. this dude had such an interesting dad and childhood (his dad had a phD and worked for USAID) and it’s a shame he’s a MAGA asshole

Ahhh thank god I just didn’t hallucinate that association

Like, I’m probably reaching a bit but I have a vague memory that there used to be organ players at baseball parks, the Addams family theme is played on an organ for creepiness vibes, organ players just took a popular organ song and ran with it

Speculation here: maybe bc it sounds great on an organ, one of the original (??) ballpark instruments

I can hear the distinct difference in my cousins’ names but I wouldn’t blame non-Viet ppl for thinking they’re being trolled

I got maternal cousins named Thúy and Thuỳ. I’m less sure of the diacritics of the latter, but they’re sisters

Just learned that while my uncle’s name is Thuấn, his sister’s name is Thuần, which, jfc guys

To their credit, they’re just asking for birth year but since i rarely see most of them, it’s a big question mark for me! I’m going to see what I can figure out from my sister, and then my mom, and then possibly one of my paternal uncles

This process is very illustrative of the gaps in my family knowledge, eg i don’t know what my paternal grandparents’ names are

Right??? “Uh I think she was 13 years older” and then do the math

The funny thing is i could probably get away with using the Viet words for the number as their first name

Per cultural convention, I only know half of my mom’s siblings as “Aunt Two” and “Uncle Three” sooooo 🫣 I’m checking w my sis now

“Missing at sea” is a huge bummer but is the truth for my dad’s sister and one of his brothers

Filling out a genetic counseling questionnaire and while I understand why, part of me is like “you expect me to know all of my aunts’ and uncles’ names, birth years, and causes of death? 🫠”

Me to why.bsky: you can’t block me, I blocked you first via an AI/NFT/Crypto blocklist!! They also did block me And I have a label that says they will be killed by Ursa Major

I went to check and I’m still chuckling at this:

a project hailmary poster with a large rock ALT: a project hailmary poster with a large rock

I continue to be meh on the politics of Project Hail Mary but Rocky was an absolute winner and James Ortiz deserves an award for his AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE vocal performance and puppetry and they are a powerful reminder that puppetry programs, which colleges are closing, matter

The third label is just a funny label I have of “how will this account die”

A screenshot indicating that why.bsky.team is blocking me but I’m also blocking them thanks to the AI/NFT/Crypto blocklist

Lmao

Every day I look forward to sleeping I love sleeping I love being unconscious

I planted asters once in the backyard of my old house and I hated how it turned out! It got too big, flopped, and self-seeded everywhere. I think I tried to give it away or I ended up chucking it

Yayayayayyayyy! Here’s to a smooth and easy recovery

Esp if they have an international assortment of dumplings

Because some comments make me think people missed the PSAs I do semi-regularly: if you were born before 1987, you should get a MMR booster now. The second childhood dose of MMR wasn't added until 1989, and folks who were older than 2 (the age for the 2nd) may not have gotten it.

DENTIST: Have you been flossing?

ME: Have you?

DENTIST: (sweating) THIS ISN’T ABOUT ME!

Can’t buy city connect sweatshirt; buying plants instead