And politicians...

Same here in Portugal 😭 A lot of abandoned pets. The human kind is really a despicable species 🤮

I never thought everyone would be on the same page.

One of my students was killed by her father because the safe-house closed and she was sent home. What could possibly have gone wrong …

And those essential health workers who are now suffering from long-term covid effects are also suffering financial effects...

One of the more stupid policies they came up with.

In my country it was taken to the level of ridicule, but the overall situation did expose some real colours in many places across the globe

This needs to be way higher. I'm SO thankful I left my ex before a global pandemic. Doesn't bear thinking about. Pandas, please consider donating to charities that help victims of domestic abuse.

Hey I did too but you can fix it! Just cutting out certain foods and not eating at night I'm now down 15kg since August

I read in another article that pandas crâp 40 times a day, so the tp is swirling nice for the honorable members of this community 🙃

Truly saddening and infuriating😾

A lot of neglect, abuse and mistreatment going on in those senior care homes surfaced. One of the places, I believe in my city, the care workers were told to lock up and take off for weeks while leaving the vulnerable, needy elderly people to fend for themselves. They had no one to give them company, no one to talk to and no one to take care of their needs. Prisoners were given better conditions.

In addition airlines and every other service industry are seeking to rehire for less benefits and rate of pay than what they previously paid....but, hey "Nobody wants to work" , try actually "Nobody wants to be demeaned, devalued and financially abused so the top management can collect 15 to 30% pay hikes and bonuses for their country club and yaghting lifestyles.

I ate like I was never going to see a Microwave again.

What's wrong with showing braces? I loved when people asked about mine - it was a good conversation starter and as a person who's really bad in making contacts or doing small talks I loved that I've something to talk about and don't need to think about convo topics.

This bears repeating- a totally new virus with multiple symptoms that are not normally asoociated with its genome and has been shown to trigger incredibly unusual responses from a person's immune system. Trust me, this virus was so much worse than anyone ever thought it could be, including the people who've studied these viruses for 10-30 years. Three years on and researchers who have been studying this since the beginning are finally getting answers to questions such as "how is long covid caused", "what's up with the atypical blood clots and vascular response including the brain fog", "how does covid trigger a cytokine storm" and others. In other words, this is a really weird-a** virus.

Late in the pandemic I was lucky to have found the last 24 pack of tp at my grocer after trying to use swiffer sweeper refills and the last bit of paper towels, and a couple of rags. Some biotch worker saw me and remarked "That's a lot of toilet paper. That would last me 6 months." So I was basically shamed for buying a necessary item. Nice.

Maybe it was for the better. Think of the water and electric bills.

Retirement is the best job I've ever had.

Too many people don't read their employee agreements. Or memos for that matter.

We had a spaniel that had gone blind and had never been away from his dad for 5 years until he got a job that he couldn't bring the dog with him. Dog had severe separation anxiety and after we tried everything else, i suggested we get him his own kitten. Told the dog he had to watch it while we were gone and would you believe it worked. They were best friends for years.

Me. I was 'gonna get around to it' for a long time, then realized I'd missed it.

I took up amateur whiskey drinking. My collection grew and I drank more whiskey then the rest of my life combined. However it makes a difference going from Canadian Club to Angel's Envy bourbon.

The road crews never stopped working in my city...but for some reason they 'fixed' roads that had no issues, while leaving those with actual problems untouched even though there was no traffic to impede the projects.

Learned that the hard way, work and keep upskilling, stay late and finish jobs that are left over by less productive people, screw the balance of life and lose the job anyway. It doesn't pay off.

I did literally right before the market went ape-s**t, and I'm so glad because it's easily worth $50-60k more now than what I got it for.

Could someone explain the context please?

I never understood this. Was diarrhoea a symptom of Covid?

I have felt it was difficult to make friends before. Everyone has always just wanted to be in their own bubble and have nothing to do with new people. Too distrusting and leery.

Unfortunately, in the US, it's extremely hard to prepare for a financial emergency...