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  • NABDad@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldRipped pants
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    11 days ago

    Personally, I’m of the opinion that they aren’t fashionable if they are ripped to be fashionable.

    Ripped jeans are supposed to be the pants that you wore until they started to come apart, and you’re supposed to be wearing them because they are comfortable, not for looks.


  • Greatest comfort food recipe ever:

    Mac, Cheese, Peas, and bacon.

    The recipes online are all nonsense. They either mix the bacon in or put it under the mac and cheese!

    White cheddar cheese sauce with macaroni. That goes into the casserole dish.

    A layer of peas on top of the mac & cheese.

    2 pounds of bacon cooked crispy and crumbled on top of the peas. From the top you shouldn’t see anything but bacon.

    Put it in the oven and cook it till it starts bubbling.


  • When it works correctly, IT makes it possible to do more with less.

    I’ve noticed over the years that IT jobs aren’t the first to disappear when the economy tanks.

    There are exceptions, of course. Stupid employers. Ineffective IT people. Sometimes just a shift of focus: if a division goes away, you no longer need the IT staff who supported it

    An intelligent employer understands that talented IT people can let them maintain productivity with fewer staff or increase productivity with the same staff.



  • I’d point out that taking responsibility for your actions doesn’t necessarily mean fixing them on your own.

    It’s often more difficult (and more adult) to acknowledge that you’ve dug a hole for yourself that you can’t escape from on your own and ask for help.

    Saying this as the parent of young adult children that are adulting well, but still need to ask for help. Also as the old adult child of my parents who must still force himself to ask them for help.


  • One big sign is when you stop demanding to be treated like an adult and just start being one.

    Being an adult is just a decision you make one day.

    Years ago my older brother was on the phone complaining to me because our mom found out he bought a motorcycle and was mad at him and my dad (who helped him pick it out).

    He wanted to know why my mom thought she could treat him like a child.

    I pointed out that when he decided to get a motorcycle and kept it secret from our mom, he was acting like a child and enabling her to treat him like one.

    I have no interest in ever owning a motorcycle. However, if I ever did, it would never occur to me to keep it secret from anybody, because I’m an adult in charge of my own life. Everyone else can have opinions, but I get to decide whose opinions matter to me.