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   Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:15:29 JST Lili Saintcrow

   Remembered to unplug the damn toaster before digging in it with a butterknife. Yelled down the hall, "I did NOT electrocute myself! I require praise!"

   Sometimes you gotta be loud to get your needs met.

   (My son yelled back, "GOLF CLAP!" A+, no notes.)

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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:16:12 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     The "I require praise" thing comes from my sister's fabulous coworker, who has trained the entire office to say it when necessary. Which is AWESOME and I was immediately enchanted by the idea, stealing it wholesale for home use.

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:18:42 JST Rocketman

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     @lilithsaintcrow This is great! I’m stealing it.

     We recently introduced the family habit of yelling “I’m being disadvantaged!” It’s super useful, because then we can talk about the problem, rather than having someone getting grumpy.

     We use it half-jokingly. But it does always trigger a productive conversation.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 03:23:59 JST Charlie Stross

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     @lilithsaintcrow Helpful tip: this is where a pair of cheap disposable sushi chopsticks come in handy. Bamboo, that well-known electrical conductor, etc …

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 04:10:55 JST Charlie Stross

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     @lilithsaintcrow Yeah, bamboo chopsticks that accidentally just got soaked in brine would not be good …

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     Lili Saintcrow (lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 04:10:57 JST Lili Saintcrow

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross Sadly, I feel I would be the one edge case of electrocution by bamboo, due to some freakish roll of Fortune's wheel. Unplugging is best.

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 07:14:29 JST Antiqueight

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     @lilithsaintcrow What is a golf clap?

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     Clifton Royston (cliftonr@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 12:19:49 JST Clifton Royston

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage @lilithsaintcrow

     There was once a late evening I was very *very* tired, so much so that when setting up the coffee maker for the morning, I began pouring the full carafe of water into the electric coffee grinder, while it was plugged in.

     It's a wonder I didn't electrocute myself, but I didn't. For even more of a wonder, the coffee grinder survived, once I had taken it apart to dry out completely and then reassembled it. It was never the same though.