Every person is different and every day is different.

Don’t try to push yourself beyond your limits.

Also, some people can do an hour straight through, while others need a break after 30 minutes.

The main thing I’d say is figure out what is best for you and ignore anyone else.

I’ve seen “/s” and never saw “/j” before.

Personally, I thought it was a typo of /s.

sarcastic is a long word, whereas ‘joke’ is only four letters; that’s two more than ‘/j.’

Like I said, your shortcut doesn’t really save time.

It takes less time to write something like “reference” or “joking” than it does to try and memorize the list.

This reminds me of something Gail Collins wrote.

She said she went to the store to buy salad dressing, and it ended up taking her twenty minutes to choose one bottle from an aisle full of different brands.

When she got home she realized that she could have made salad dressing at home in five minutes.

When shortcuts take longer than the thing they are supposed to replace, they become useless.

Welcome to the interwebs.

I’ve seen “/s” and never saw “/j” before.

Poe’s Law is that you can’t be sarcastic or over-the-top on the internet without clearly signaling because there’s no opinion so stupid it doesn’t have adherents.

First, the mother has been dealing with idiots all her life. She’ll probably humiliate the friend more than she’ll be bothered.

Second, if the friend is really dumb, they’ll get arrested.

It’s a skill you have to learn.

Here’s the thing about “infinity.”

There are an infinite number of possibilities between 1 and 2. 1.01, 1.001, 1.0001, etc etc. None of those infinite possibilities is 3.

From 1945 until around 1975 it was a real thing. Then the combination of Vietnam War spending, the Oil Crisis, and the economic policies of Ronald reagan destroyed it forever.

The more people know about tech, the more they want to avoid it.

They are just harmless fireworks. They are even useful for signaling ships at sea of dangerous tides.

No, you deserve the benefits of sobriety.

A while back I looked down a long street and didn’t see one red car; in fact all the cars were some ‘no color’ neutral shade that wouldn’t offend the next buyer.

If you’re drinking you’re spending time and money that could be used for better purposes.

DM me if you want help.

Prioritize your son. Figure out what’s best for him.

Sounds like “Anno Dracula” by Kim Newman.

Dracula managed to kill Van Helsing and then married Queen Victoria. AS Prince Consort he’s brought the undead to the Empire. There are vampire trollops who live no better than their ‘warm’ sisters, and great Lords.

Fun book, and first of a series.

This is the first time anyone ever made a mistake on the interwebs, and I got to be there.

[jk, have a good one]