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Post by justme on Jun 11, 2014 10:35:39 GMT -5
OMG, I was having such a bad day until I read this thread. You people are priceless! It sounds like some of you are FB "friends" with people who literally just crawled out of the primordial ooze, skipped the normal process of evolution and morphed into the Honey BooBoo/ Swamp People species. Hey now! Iced Swamp is good people!
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Post by Firebird on Jun 11, 2014 10:37:06 GMT -5
This is the kind of thing that makes Facebook worth wading through 100 inane "like if you think people shouldn't kick kittens in the mouth" and "what color is your inner princess?" posts.
So glad I'm not the only one who gets a lot of entertainment from Facebook friends. One of mine is such a trainwreck that my BFF and I eagerly await her updates, which I share with her via text message (she doesn't have FB) and her name is a household name in BOTH our houses.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 11, 2014 10:38:49 GMT -5
DH's nerd herd comes to my house every couple of weeks and they always tease me and tell me to stalk one of my high school friend's pages so they can see. She's a dancer in Vegas. Quite talented. Made it pretty far on America's Got Talent a few years ago, does choreography for movies and shows (Brittney's show in Vegas, some big NYE thing in Miami, etc.) but I've never seen a picture of her with pants on or a normal t-shirt. Nearly every picture is her in a thong, bikini, costume, topless, etc.
Otherwise aside from her and family towel (sorry that's what DH calls her) most of the trainwrecks are people bitching about child support, deadbeat dads, the "Man", etc.
I'm sorry but when you have literally 8 kids from 6 different dads you are going to have drama.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jun 11, 2014 10:43:18 GMT -5
DH's nerd herd comes to my house every couple of weeks and they always tease me and tell me to stalk one of my high school friend's pages so they can see. She's a dancer in Vegas. Quite talented. Made it pretty far on America's Got Talent a few years ago, does choreography for movies and shows (Brittney's show in Vegas, some big NYE thing in Miami, etc.) but I've never seen a picture of her with pants on or a normal t-shirt. Nearly every picture is her in a thong, bikini, costume, topless, etc.
Otherwise aside from her and family towel (sorry that's what DH calls her) most of the trainwrecks are people bitching about child support, deadbeat dads, the "Man", etc.
I'm sorry but when you have literally 8 kids from 6 different dads you are going to have drama. You've met my Inlaws?
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 11, 2014 10:45:35 GMT -5
You guys have no idea how many of you make it into our daily lives and have nicknames around our house. Started back in the old MSN WIR days. Bunch of us started exchanging Christmas cards years ago and the cards would be signed "so and so AKA screen name" and DH and DS found it highly amusing.
DH can never remember real names so he knows these people by nicknames- fb friends, classmates, etc.
Doxie is pretty infamous in our house, as is Black Carl (no offense to Carl but we know like 6 people named Carl and they all had to get designators so we'd know which one we meant- There's also a Fat Carl, Old Carl, Central Carl, Young Carl, etc.). Phoenix because he starts a lot of threads that we talk about at home, etc.
There is of course "family towel", "chick with all the kids", Moley Moley (girl DH went to college with that has a huge mole on her arm with hair growing out of it), the Stripper (dancer in Vegas), Crazy Eyes (girl from the AF that has a serious wonk eye), etc. It's terrible and I would never call these people by those nicknames in real life but it's the only way to keep the separate in our conversations.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 11, 2014 10:48:19 GMT -5
CarolinaKat- not unless you are super young. She went to HS with me and is 37. He oldest is like 19. As soon as her kids graduate HS they join a branch of the military and move away. I don't really blame them.
It was drama for a while. The baby daddy of the youngest and current bun in the oven is another HS classmate of ours. She played out all the drama on FB. Their marriage, breaking up, his drug addictions, her new boyfriend, their reconciliation, pregnancies, miscarriages, cops getting called, racist neighbors, etc.
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Post by andreawick on Jun 11, 2014 11:34:53 GMT -5
Former high school classmate of mine (who's life is so drama filled I keep her as a friend purely for entertainment purposes)
"Can my daughter have a short notice play-date with someone today? Anyone? I got a last minute appointment to get my tattoo worked on and I need a play-date for her"
No one responds so she comments "maybe I can buy her an app on my iphone and she can entertain herself at the tattoo parlor" Finally someone says "so and so can babysit if you can pay him"
She responds with "no thanks, I can't afford that"
Um- you can afford the tattoo and the iPhone but not $10-$20 for a babysitter for your 6 year old?
WTF. Priorities, some people just don't have them.
Last year I opted to not donate to her "go fund me" site to send her older son to a private school after he got expelled from public school. I just made this my status...
LOL
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 11, 2014 11:36:56 GMT -5
Speaking of a trainwreck on FB, this scenario makes all the stuff about family towels and toothless relatives look good: www.wptv.com/news/national/marissa-williams-woman-arrested-after-asking-fictional-man-on-facebook-to-murder-her-familyAn excerpt: A 19-year-old Alabama woman is in jail after asking a fictional stranger to shoot and kill her family. Marissa Williams has lived with her aunt since April 2014. AL.com reports their relationship was strained by Williams' habits when using social media. She allegedly would invite strangers to her house that she met on website like Facebook. When her aunt asked Williams to stop inviting strangers to her home, the 19-year-old blocked her aunt from her Facebook page, prohibiting the woman from seeing her niece's online activity. According to a deposition filed Tuesday, Williams' aunt created a Facebook profile for a fictional man she called Tre 'Topdog' Ellis so she could add her niece as a friend and communicate with her online. AL.com says the woman hoped to get a glimpse into her online activity and for an opportunity to teach Williams about the dangers of interacting with strangers online. The experiment quickly took a dark turn as Williams began talking to her aunt, posing as Ellis. According to court documents, Williams gave the fictional man her phone number, asked her to come over and get drunk with her and then offered to have sex with him if he'd pay her $50 cell phone bill. Days later, Williams allegedly told "Ellis" that her family made her angry and she wanted to leave the state.According to the deposition, she asked "Ellis" to come kidnap her and take her away from her family. Williams told "Tre" to shoot and kill her aunt if she tried to stop him. Court documents say as time passed, the plan became more sinister, with Williams telling the fictional man how to get into her aunt's bedroom so he could kill her and her aunt's fiance first, then asked him to shoot her cousin and the family dog on the way out.
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Post by andreawick on Jun 11, 2014 11:39:23 GMT -5
I wish I hadn't clicked on that link...
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jun 11, 2014 11:48:33 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually makes & sells reusable feminine pads, and for every one she sells she donates to Project Patricia. Women in some 3rd world countries don't have anything to use, so something reusable is actually quite welcomed.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 11, 2014 11:48:52 GMT -5
oh my god...that's hilarious!
Do other people not do the same thing? I think maybe my husband and I are just assholes.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 11, 2014 11:50:19 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually makes & sells reusable feminine pads, and for every one she sells she donates to Project Patricia. Women in some 3rd world countries don't have anything to use, so something reusable is actually quite welcomed. At our house we refer to that time of the month as "Shark Week" DH and DS throw chocolate in my direction and slowly back out of the room when they realize what week it is. I couldn't imagine not having the proper products to deal with that whole situation.
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Post by justme on Jun 11, 2014 11:53:59 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually makes & sells reusable feminine pads, and for every one she sells she donates to Project Patricia. Women in some 3rd world countries don't have anything to use, so something reusable is actually quite welcomed. At our house we refer to that time of the month as "Shark Week" DH and DS throw chocolate in my direction and slowly back out of the room when they realize what week it is. I couldn't imagine not having the proper products to deal with that whole situation.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 11, 2014 11:55:50 GMT -5
oh my god...that's hilarious!
Do other people not do the same thing? I think maybe my husband and I are just assholes.
Meh, all my FB friends from here know my SIL (NOT the one with the sick baby) as Holey Moley.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 11, 2014 12:20:45 GMT -5
Back in the olden days before pads and tampons, women used rags and other things and recycled them. I think it was during some war that the idea of Cotton started getting some use and it progressed from there.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 11, 2014 12:27:35 GMT -5
Amen!
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 11, 2014 12:27:55 GMT -5
Shark week, that's just priceless!
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Post by Sunnyday on Jun 11, 2014 12:37:06 GMT -5
I don't think any one is trying to get you to not use toilet paper. I certainly am not. You can use all the toilet paper that you want. I know I do, and then I follow up with soap and water. I don't walk around with a dirty ass all day. And let's be frank, wiping shit off of you with paper does not leave you clean. My only point is don't say something like factually wrong like having to wash them with water and soap is as wasteful or more so than the water and energy used to make those disposable products. I don't have the energy to preach to people who don't care about the environment. That is not my job to convert, but I don't like it when facts are just wrong. well since you're the "Fact Police" let's take a look at the post you keep saying that is factually wrong.. .this is what I wrote.. I copied and pasted so it is the actual post word for word... "But as someone else mentioned, thats a lot of water and detergent you're going to go through. And it's just nasty!"
Show me where my facts are wrong? Nowhere did I state that it had anything to do with the environment... nowhere did I say it took less water to manufacture something then to wash something. I simply stated you're going to be doing a "shitload of laundry" no pun intended when you are wiping your ass with a towel and then having to wash it. I never mentioned the impact on the environment one way or the other, did I? it's a lot of water and detergent compared to what? You wouldn't have mentioned the water and detergent if you didn't think that it was an argument against using reusable cloths in addition to it being "nasty." And, I'm saying that you can say that it's nasty, which is a valid point for you. But it is not "a lot of water and detergent" compared to the amount of water and other resources used to make those disposable products. Why would you mention the water and detergent aspect of it, if you weren't trying to question the validity of its ecological value? Why wouldn't you instead just stick to your "nasty" argument and in addition talk about the time invested in washing and drying it? You mentioned water and detergent use because you thought it was a valid point. It's not.
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Post by justme on Jun 11, 2014 12:41:20 GMT -5
I'm guessing it's a lot of detergent and water used personally by MM than if she had disposables. Especially if her ick factor had her washing said items 2 or 3 times with a rinse between each load.
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Post by Jake 48 on Jun 11, 2014 13:08:48 GMT -5
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Post by justme on Jun 11, 2014 13:13:57 GMT -5
OMG is that legit? We need one of those spits on the monitors emoticon.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jun 11, 2014 13:20:29 GMT -5
it's a lot of water and detergent compared to what? You wouldn't have mentioned the water and detergent if you didn't think that it was an argument against using reusable cloths in addition to it being "nasty." And, I'm saying that you can say that it's nasty, which is a valid point for you. But it is not "a lot of water and detergent" compared to the amount of water and other resources used to make those disposable products. Why would you mention the water and detergent aspect of it, if you weren't trying to question the validity of its ecological value? Why wouldn't you instead just stick to your "nasty" argument and in addition talk about the time invested in washing and drying it? You mentioned water and detergent use because you thought it was a valid point. It's not. Okay.. go ahead and shove words down my throat that I never said. You just seem awfully defensive just because I happen to think that wiping one's ass with a towel and using reusable feminine products is vomit-inducing. You can't understand why someone who does cloth diaper might be a tad defensive that you think it is vomit inducing?
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 11, 2014 13:21:31 GMT -5
well since you're the "Fact Police" let's take a look at the post you keep saying that is factually wrong.. .this is what I wrote.. I copied and pasted so it is the actual post word for word... "But as someone else mentioned, thats a lot of water and detergent you're going to go through. And it's just nasty!"
Show me where my facts are wrong? Nowhere did I state that it had anything to do with the environment... nowhere did I say it took less water to manufacture something then to wash something. I simply stated you're going to be doing a "shitload of laundry" no pun intended when you are wiping your ass with a towel and then having to wash it. I never mentioned the impact on the environment one way or the other, did I? it's a lot of water and detergent compared to what? You wouldn't have mentioned the water and detergent if you didn't think that it was an argument against using reusable cloths in addition to it being "nasty." And, I'm saying that you can say that it's nasty, which is a valid point for you. But it is not "a lot of water and detergent" compared to the amount of water and other resources used to make those disposable products. Why would you mention the water and detergent aspect of it, if you weren't trying to question the validity of its ecological value? Why wouldn't you instead just stick to your "nasty" argument and in addition talk about the time invested in washing and drying it? You mentioned water and detergent use because you thought it was a valid point. It's not. You still have to use water and detergent to launder them. Some people have mentioned extra rinse cycles, heating up the water even more, etc. Basically the tp manufacturer can use water/detergent for manufacturing or you can do it at home with reusable cloths.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 11, 2014 13:21:41 GMT -5
nevermind.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 11, 2014 13:24:02 GMT -5
well since you're the "Fact Police" let's take a look at the post you keep saying that is factually wrong.. .this is what I wrote.. I copied and pasted so it is the actual post word for word... "But as someone else mentioned, thats a lot of water and detergent you're going to go through. And it's just nasty!"
Show me where my facts are wrong? Nowhere did I state that it had anything to do with the environment... nowhere did I say it took less water to manufacture something then to wash something. I simply stated you're going to be doing a "shitload of laundry" no pun intended when you are wiping your ass with a towel and then having to wash it. I never mentioned the impact on the environment one way or the other, did I? it's a lot of water and detergent compared to what? You wouldn't have mentioned the water and detergent if you didn't think that it was an argument against using reusable cloths in addition to it being "nasty." And, I'm saying that you can say that it's nasty, which is a valid point for you. But it is not "a lot of water and detergent" compared to the amount of water and other resources used to make those disposable products. Why would you mention the water and detergent aspect of it, if you weren't trying to question the validity of its ecological value? Why wouldn't you instead just stick to your "nasty" argument and in addition talk about the time invested in washing and drying it? You mentioned water and detergent use because you thought it was a valid point. It's not. I do my personal laundry once a week, hubs does his once a week, and we do towels and sheets monthly. We live in an apartment with a coin-operated washer and dryer, so we really try to limit the amount of laundry we do. Adding four extra loads a month (assuming I want to wash the shit and hygiene towels weekly) is going to cost money and we'd go through detergent quicker. I don't see what the big deal about MM's observation is. More laundry is more laundry, which means more detergent.
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Post by Sunnyday on Jun 11, 2014 13:26:19 GMT -5
it's a lot of water and detergent compared to what? You wouldn't have mentioned the water and detergent if you didn't think that it was an argument against using reusable cloths in addition to it being "nasty." And, I'm saying that you can say that it's nasty, which is a valid point for you. But it is not "a lot of water and detergent" compared to the amount of water and other resources used to make those disposable products. Why would you mention the water and detergent aspect of it, if you weren't trying to question the validity of its ecological value? Why wouldn't you instead just stick to your "nasty" argument and in addition talk about the time invested in washing and drying it? You mentioned water and detergent use because you thought it was a valid point. It's not. Okay.. go ahead and shove words down my throat that I never said. You just seem awfully defensive just because I happen to think that wiping one's ass with a towel and using reusable feminine products is vomit-inducing. I would love for you to find one other poster who would agree that I'm being defensive. I think it's a valid point that you feel it's nasty (which is also something that I've repeated several times). But no one is shoving words down your throat. You quoted yourself. You brought up the water and detergent point to counter why it was not ecological to reuse cloths. To my last point, you didn't respond. Why did you bring up the issue of water and detergent if you weren't using it as an argument to counter the ecological value of it? It being nasty or not is the question here. It's an opinion and you are more than welcomed to have it. I use lots of toilet paper, but I think that Quince said it best when she said that she agreed that she was part of a disposable society, but she was not going to pretend that it was a virtue.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jun 11, 2014 13:26:50 GMT -5
You can't understand why someone who does cloth diaper might be a tad defensive that you think it is vomit inducing? Not once did I mention a cloth diaper. I think anyone capable of wiping themselves who uses a towel instead of toilet paper is gross. Poop is poop. An exclusive breastfed baby doesn't have solid poop and it is water soluable, but after that, it is just poop. So either you are washing poop or you aren't. If you are washing your poopy diapers or wipes, how is that different than using "cloth" for toilet paper?
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 11, 2014 13:28:54 GMT -5
I don't think she was making an ecological argument, just making a "hey that's a lot of extra laundry" statement. That's how I see it, at least.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 11, 2014 13:31:52 GMT -5
I don't think she was making an ecological argument, just making a "hey that's a lot of extra laundry" statement. That's how I see it, at least. That's how I read it. And I read Rainy as being defensive.
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Post by yogiii on Jun 11, 2014 13:37:04 GMT -5
You're both crazy!
I don't advertise IRL that I use cloth diapers because I know that 99% of people would instantly pass judgement and think it's gross. That's fine. I think using reusable TP is gross even though as muttley said, poop is poop. I guess it's just a psychological thing. With babies you know it's just for a couple of years, you're saving money, saving a little landfill room etc. I'm not interested in anything beyond that.
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