Ooh, “failsons from Cul-de-Sac County” is a new one!

You can’t call and speak to a person at the 3 letter anymore?! Noooooo

I’m glad the Thursday holidays are over with because this hybrid “Friday that feels like a Monday” situation is Not My Favorite.

They should allow OLDAF and SH1TBOX if you can demonstrate that they accurately describe the car. If you’ve got something like a 2003 Accord with >250k miles, it has earned OLDAF.

My elder millennial brethren will know the significance of me wrapping this up to give as a gift

Going back to bed again would be a bad idea (I’d never sleep tonight) but it’s too fucking cold to go acquire an espresso drink

Wow, called out before 24 hours go by 🤣

What are you gonna do, kick my Buffalonian ass out?

Suck it, 2025! Made it out!

New York City has a new mayor

we wouldn't need a new year if they didn't keep making them shittier and shittier all the time

My doctor didn’t offer this therapeutic option. Maybe because I rarely drive?

Stevens-Johnson syndrome has entered the chat

“Is that hair all yours?!” from an older lady at my drugstore job when I was 16. (It was 1999 and I had butterfly clips at the base of a high ponytail, so I could see how she thought it was fake)

Pharmacy: three capsules on the nail like olives on a martini skewer

I like that divorce is a *symptom* among others. “my cycles are irregular, I got divorced last month, and I’ve gamed seven pounds.”

LL Bean has a wool sweater called the Commando Sweater and the resale gods just directed me to one on Poshmark for $30. Any and all “going commando” jokes are welcome in the comments

I’d argue that quite a few people actively don’t enjoy seeing doctors.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to identify the weird scrape/drag noise coming from the upstairs apartment as “ohhh they’re VACUUMING” It sounded like they were constantly moving furniture

I’ve never felt so called out

McDermott’s house is getting egged for sure

I feel bad for the people at this game because the weather is SUCH shit but leaving early when Bflo is behind almost guarantees you miss the good parts

One of the most important pieces written to date on Trump’s dismantling of public health, healthcare services, & health research—& the incalculable burden of sickness, suffering, & death this has caused “Trump is the worst president on health we have had” 🎁 Link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...

This “spot the other team a bunch of points” thing is NOT A GOOD STRATEGY, Buffalo.

I’ve gone hard on the natural fibers (bonus, good for reducing overall spending!). I feel like taking the bus to work is a wash because it would run whether or not I was on it?

There’s a time travel portal involved here that they’re not telling us about, because how else could a lab leak take place before labs were a common thing?

My mom didn’t see a palliative care doc until about 6 weeks before she died. He did two super helpful things in 15 minutes at the hospital bedside: made them understand what “full code” entailed, and wrote orders to use her Mediport instead of another round of attempts to access her shitty veins.

Pitbull in Wegmans. A whole new level of reminding me I’m middle aged

You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check

Looking at your phone is an unforgivable offense, but we have reached a point where Google Maps has *popups while you drive* for things like “speed trap ahead! Confirm it’s still there?”

No, YOU got weirdly invested in the Gator Bowl for some reason.

I got scolded in second grade for trying to write in cursive before we were taught the proper way. This is why I am so viscerally offended at “millennials can’t read cursive” memes

This got a completely secular/blasphemous “Jesus H. Christ!” out of me.

I am in awe of the size of this squirrel. Oh lawd, he nibblin’.

Mentally preparing to have to sneak down the slippery stairs in the dark to pee in the middle of the night 😝

A 60 Minutes type show was featuring a girl’s recovery from a TBI, specifically re-learning new ways to study to get the grades she had before the injury. Out of nowhere my mom busts out with “you’d never do that, you’d keep getting bad grades and cry about it.” 30 years later I’m still like “?!”

My aunt: (gestures to my hand) “what’s going on here?!” Me: “… Christmas?” Aunt (looking at whole hand) “oh, I get it when I see them all together!” (Aunt clearly isn’t on the meta platforms anymore so she doesn’t see my Insta nail art dump posts)

Merry Christmas and/or Happy Getting Time and a Half Day and/or Happy Midweek Day Off to all my phone friends!

From an experienced ICU pharmacist: “well, you KNOW some shit.”

My brother brought his kitten! 😻

Stepdad is reminiscing about the good old days of hockey when they had guys on the roster solely to fight

Ditto for mental illness.

My stepfather just discovered Pearl Jam.

These would make so much more sense in NYC than the big tanks. We rent a parking space that JUST fits a Civic and if we had a kei car I might be able to get in the passenger side while parked!

RAWRy Christmas everybody.

Murders down 20% in a year where all the losing candidates in the mayoral race took up "the city is so unsafe" as a talking point. We really need to start framing such talk as "people are trying to make money off of lying to you about this"

I made a tactical error in PTO/travel planning so I’m working M/W/F. Three “days before a day off” is gonna be a real challenge for engagement with work tasks.

Don’t mind me literally gasping and giggling at American Girl Place as I try to buy a modern era outfit for the 1991 model I’m giving my niece…

Maybe my mission statement for 2026 will be “fighting anxiety by doing stupid shit.”