It’s a super special amazing dome! 
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Neighbor is posting nonsense on Nextdoor. This is not unusual, and most of the time I just ignore it, but current nonsense suggests that people not bother using their recycling bins because ‘it all just gets sent to the dump anyway.’ Now, admittedly, if something ends up in a contaminated lot it probably will, the sorting companies here are very open about that, but perhaps instead of nonsense, post what should go into the bins and what should go other places (ex. plastic bags are collected by the local grocery stores)?
For the record, I’m very much of the opinion that reuse>>>>recycle, but telling people not to even attempt recycling seems like perhaps not the best strategy.
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Actually, a lot does just get tossed (especially plastic I think), but they want to keep people in the habit for when (if) it starts making economic sense again to recycle those materials. Metal is almost always worth it, I think glass and paper are less profitable, and plastic is no longer (e.g. China no longer buys our stuff to recycle). Plastics include several types of plastic, they might need to hand sort those (I’m not sure).i think there is a Planet Money podcast episode on recycling (likely a couple years old). That’s the basis of my understanding - but things could have changed.
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Very much depends what kind of plastic, at least here–one of the recycling companies went through a lot of this, but from the numbers, 1s and 2s they still want, and 3s generally so. Other than that not so much, although grocery stores actually do send those plastic bags they collect off to recycling, either more bags (not great but probably marginally better than a landfill) or composite decking/benches/etc (Trex is a big one here).
Glass is actually more of an issue where I am, to the point where recycling companies were talking about stopping taking it entirely or just grinding it up and using it as some kind of spacer (not sure I’m right on the terminology there) in landfills because it’s so expensive to break down/reuse.
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My wall clock broke somehow when I took it down to move the wall hook.
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Apple and iMovie are the worst and I hate them so much and I just want to finish this damn project but I have the stupid spinny ball and I want to throw things.
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We finally found our small forks after my mother stayed here while I was in the hospital. For a month now we’ve been saying “where on earth did all our small forks go!?” We had two, and then giant forks. (Our set sucks, the small ones are really the only pleasant ones for eating with). We FINALLY FOUND THEM. But my tiny complaint is: who the hell doesn’t just put forks with the rest of the silverware?? Why put them BEHIND the drawer organizer???
I’m baffled, aggravated, and glad I hadn’t bought new silverware yet.
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It must be a universal rule that when parents visit they will insist on helping and do so in such a way that will inconvenience you later.
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This is so true. I think it bothers me more because we hadn’t wanted/planned anyone to stay in our place while we were gone. And she moved stuff that really did not need touched for any reason- like rearranging the decor in my living room. So I came home with a newborn not knowing where my shit went 
I keep thinking we’ve found and put everything back where it goes, then something like this comes up. It’s just so weird to be like, wait, where are my SIX chip clips?? Why would those be missing??
Parents are utterly perplexing.
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I mean… you obviously had things in the wrong place. 
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My mistake I hate it when I organize my home the way other people don’t like
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You are all bad influences, and when I was picking up a bag of cat food I finally filled out the foster-to-adopt form for a (probably) senior cat if the local rescue has one my current cat gets along with 
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To be fair, this is actually something I’ve been thinking about for a while since I already know I’m going to be in and out for work a fair amount next year…when my cat’s brother died of kidney issues a year or so ago I didn’t want to replace him immediately, but I also don’t want current kitty to get lonely if I’m not around as much. So possibly new kitty pictures to start arriving next year, depending on what the rescue has available and what current cat’s response is to sharing his space, but I’m still blaming the other kitty pictures on this site for finally nudging me into it 
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The best kind of peer pressure 
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The heating in the office is broken. It’s currently 15 celsius and dropping. Lucky I wore my thick jumper today!
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Apparently, adding the baby (and or my PP sweating) has reached critical Living mass in the bedroom, and we now have mold growing inside our window. After trying to address this a couple ways, we gave up and bought a dehumidifier. So, Complaints: mold, spending money, needing to empty it of water regularly, and the floor space it will take up in an already crowded bedroom.
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I slept 11 hours last night. That doesn’t sound like a complaint but it feels like a lot of wasted time. I didn’t think I was getting sick, but maybe just a little?
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Can I complain about someone else’s complaint? 
(kidding! I get you. Hope you’re not sick!)
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I was going to have a hard-boiled egg and a clementine for my afternoon snack, but I forgot to pack the clementine, so all I have is an egg.
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It is not cool to introduce verbs in the present perfect that have never been introduced in the present.
It is also not cool to simultaneously attempt to trick you by throwing in some past participles functioning as adjectives, without explanation.
I also find it strange to have upwards of 150 (maybe more) verbs introduced (in the present and present perfect tenses) before ever mentioning the infinitive.
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