Silver Linings
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This poor little mite is not long for this world I think
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This poor little mite is not long for this world I think
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Bellybutton lint
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I bet he misses Louisa. I have a feeling she was a really kind and attentive person to him.
crystaleyesd
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Ughhhh I don't know why I'm surprised that she just keeps getting worse. She simply can't countenance that the kitten might be mewling in pain or fear - nope, it MUST be crying for its 'mama' (boak). I'm sure she cares about the creature but it's only ever in the context of her narrative of them saving each other. And why post about it? Wait, don't tell me, I already know. UGH.
And I don't know much about cats, but I'm pretty sure having to sleep on the bathroom floor because they're crying is not a prerequisite for healthy pet ownership...
And I don't know much about cats, but I'm pretty sure having to sleep on the bathroom floor because they're crying is not a prerequisite for healthy pet ownership...
GoLando
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Also, which is it? You slept on their bathroom floor or the kitten got out into you room? How the duck is the poor kitten managing to do anything bearing in mind its poor legs.
I keep thinking of growing pains I had as a kid and how agonising they were. Imagine being that poor animal and having your leg bones growing but all wrong and having been forced to take steps by Jack when you were first away from your mother
I keep thinking of growing pains I had as a kid and how agonising they were. Imagine being that poor animal and having your leg bones growing but all wrong and having been forced to take steps by Jack when you were first away from your mother
help i need some help!
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Most supermarkets do them. Not to be confused with *fancy* packs of pancetta.
TriviaNewtonJohn
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Heads up for decent recipe fans:
East: 120 Easy and Delicious Asian-inspired Vegetarian and Vegan recipes by Meera Sodha - Kindle eBook 99p. Looks really good.
East: 120 Easy and Delicious Asian-inspired Vegetarian and Vegan recipes by Meera Sodha - Kindle eBook 99p. Looks really good.
help i need some help!
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It's the off cuts from slicing bacon joints, usually found in a plastic pack.
Bellybutton lint
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LOL. Imagine for one moment having her as a GP. Actually don't.
BettyShoop
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New-time poster allert here.
The first time I came on a JM thread was when, surprisingly, it came up in my Google suggestions and I really did not like it. What did this person, who just tried to make affordable recipes for those who need them, have done so wrong to get all this hate?
Fast forward a few weeks after unfollowing JM on Twitter because I was getting annoyed with her cringe-worthy posts and began reading a few threads here. And then reading thread #31 where she responds hereself. Oh my....(I also very much enjoyed reading the posts on class btw. As an EU-import in Scotland who worked both at one of the most prestigious universities and a wee ex-polytechnic, lots of recognisable observations and things I first did not understand when I moved here in 2006).
I won't go into all the ways she annoyed me in thread #31 (or on her Twitter), just what stood out for me. I am not surprised she has been diagnosed with a form of autism. My dad got diagnosed with Aspergers (suspected Aspergers as my grandparents could not be consulted anymore) when he was in his late fifties. The way she keeps on responding out-of-touch to some of the comments and questions in that thread is like reading a discussion with him. Someone so tangled up in their own narrative they can't escape it anymore, not showing any awareness of how this way of responding rubs people the wrong way and not 'getting' the point of some questions/remarks and then answering very literally or detailed.
My dad also has a history of leaving jobs and social clubs through blown-up conflicts (no ability to reign himself in or consider the impact on family members - he once deliberately cause a ruckus at town hall over some local planning thing and admitted he had expected to be taken tot he police station in advance. He didn't care it was my mum's birthday and embarrassing for her). And when my parent divorced he was quite manipulative towards me and my sister (we were in our thirties and he didn't like we were not playing along with the victim-role he assigned himself). For relatives and friends, social handicap like high-functioning autism remains challenging. My sister and I often ask each other: Is this dad's Aspergers, or is he just being a dick? In other words, does he know better than to behave like this or not? I still often do not know what I can and cannot expect of him (he is also very generous with his time and money if I explicitly ask for help). And I really do love him and I also feel for him and his inability to solve social conflict better, because he does crave connections and friendship. My husband has a good friend / musical partner with Apergers and struggles with this too: where does Paul's autism start and stop and how much is his own responsibility?
Anyway, because he's my father and Paul a friend, we take the effort to reflect on our interactions and will give them the benefit of doubt or keep loving them anyway. But I don't think public figures can ask the same of their audiences. Social handicaps are no joke and hard to navigate, but like physical handicaps there is help and adjustments for navigating the world. And just like blind people don't drive cars, perhaps public figures with a social handicap should not manage their own social media. For their own safety first, but for others too.
As for JM in the public eye, I am just done with following her and the repetitive victim story. I have some of her books and like some of her recipes, though they are hit/miss. I have enjoyed her suggestions for reducing food waste and substituting ingredients (I know this can be a joke as well), which can be a great encouragement for people who want to cook more and are intimidated by long lists of ingredients/having to buy special things. It's a shame it all has to come with a side of 'poor-old-me-could-not-buy-a-house-at-30' and the generous pinches of 'look-at-me-being-quirky/whacky-not-giving-a-tit-but-pleeeeease-like-me'. She's definitely lost me there and it makes me not want to spend money on her work.
(And duck her for all that kitten stuff)
The first time I came on a JM thread was when, surprisingly, it came up in my Google suggestions and I really did not like it. What did this person, who just tried to make affordable recipes for those who need them, have done so wrong to get all this hate?
Fast forward a few weeks after unfollowing JM on Twitter because I was getting annoyed with her cringe-worthy posts and began reading a few threads here. And then reading thread #31 where she responds hereself. Oh my....(I also very much enjoyed reading the posts on class btw. As an EU-import in Scotland who worked both at one of the most prestigious universities and a wee ex-polytechnic, lots of recognisable observations and things I first did not understand when I moved here in 2006).
I won't go into all the ways she annoyed me in thread #31 (or on her Twitter), just what stood out for me. I am not surprised she has been diagnosed with a form of autism. My dad got diagnosed with Aspergers (suspected Aspergers as my grandparents could not be consulted anymore) when he was in his late fifties. The way she keeps on responding out-of-touch to some of the comments and questions in that thread is like reading a discussion with him. Someone so tangled up in their own narrative they can't escape it anymore, not showing any awareness of how this way of responding rubs people the wrong way and not 'getting' the point of some questions/remarks and then answering very literally or detailed.
My dad also has a history of leaving jobs and social clubs through blown-up conflicts (no ability to reign himself in or consider the impact on family members - he once deliberately cause a ruckus at town hall over some local planning thing and admitted he had expected to be taken tot he police station in advance. He didn't care it was my mum's birthday and embarrassing for her). And when my parent divorced he was quite manipulative towards me and my sister (we were in our thirties and he didn't like we were not playing along with the victim-role he assigned himself). For relatives and friends, social handicap like high-functioning autism remains challenging. My sister and I often ask each other: Is this dad's Aspergers, or is he just being a dick? In other words, does he know better than to behave like this or not? I still often do not know what I can and cannot expect of him (he is also very generous with his time and money if I explicitly ask for help). And I really do love him and I also feel for him and his inability to solve social conflict better, because he does crave connections and friendship. My husband has a good friend / musical partner with Apergers and struggles with this too: where does Paul's autism start and stop and how much is his own responsibility?
Anyway, because he's my father and Paul a friend, we take the effort to reflect on our interactions and will give them the benefit of doubt or keep loving them anyway. But I don't think public figures can ask the same of their audiences. Social handicaps are no joke and hard to navigate, but like physical handicaps there is help and adjustments for navigating the world. And just like blind people don't drive cars, perhaps public figures with a social handicap should not manage their own social media. For their own safety first, but for others too.
As for JM in the public eye, I am just done with following her and the repetitive victim story. I have some of her books and like some of her recipes, though they are hit/miss. I have enjoyed her suggestions for reducing food waste and substituting ingredients (I know this can be a joke as well), which can be a great encouragement for people who want to cook more and are intimidated by long lists of ingredients/having to buy special things. It's a shame it all has to come with a side of 'poor-old-me-could-not-buy-a-house-at-30' and the generous pinches of 'look-at-me-being-quirky/whacky-not-giving-a-tit-but-pleeeeease-like-me'. She's definitely lost me there and it makes me not want to spend money on her work.
(And duck her for all that kitten stuff)
BettyShoop
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Everything I've made from a Meera Sodha recipe has always been delicious.
Anonymous One
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1) how the duck does an emaciated kitten that can’t walk ‘break out’ of a bathroom (and if it can a massive cat can surely break in. 2) the story is inconsistent (it either broke out or she slept with it in the bathroom, they’re kind of mutually exclusive). 3) She’s saying she’s all responsible keeping the cats apart (presumably because she read it on here) but she’s also posting pictures of them all asleep together in the day! Her adult cat doesn’t suddenly become a risk to the kitten at sundown. It’s a cat 24/7 and she should not be leaving them in a room together unattended. 4) that cat is clearly not well at all and it’s clearly not 10 weeks old. I’m no expert on cats (triangulate that I’m a dog person) but it looks like it should be being at least part bottle fed (and we know she’s not doing that because it would obviously be a fabulously cute photo op). Surely if she was truly convinced that she wasn’t going to have her PTS out of love she’d be keen on either having her go to somebody with huge experience of rearing very young, sick animals or she would be openly taking advice off someone with experience. But of course not! Jackie is the saviour of all creatures great and small!
Switchstreetz
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This....explains a lot
AlphaBeta
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Does her bathroom not have a door then? How did the poor little thing escape? 
I really don’t understand why she’s keeping it elsewhere if she thinks the kitten cannot be on its own yet (which seems likely given its small age and stature) then have it in the room with you, and tolerate whatever mess that generates, until such times as the kitten is more independent.
Maybe that is just because I’m a total softie who started bedsharing with my (human) baby about 5 seconds into being a mother, for my own sanity!
I really don’t understand why she’s keeping it elsewhere if she thinks the kitten cannot be on its own yet (which seems likely given its small age and stature) then have it in the room with you, and tolerate whatever mess that generates, until such times as the kitten is more independent.Maybe that is just because I’m a total softie who started bedsharing with my (human) baby about 5 seconds into being a mother, for my own sanity!
Anonymous One
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Parents wanting their children to be doctors is a very middle class phenomenon in Brits (not so in other cultures).
Imagine going to her and complaining about any issue and her saying “oh you think that’s bad, I...”
crystaleyesd
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Got this for my dad's birthday as trying to encourage him to eat more veggie/vegan food (hmm, wonder why I didn't go for veganish???) - everything has been delicious so far!
And welcome to all the newbies in the last couple days! Loving these origin stories, and Y'ALL seem so reasonable, intelligent and funny. Did nobody tell you we're a bunch of frothy-mouthed bullies??
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