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c/budget-cosplay-builds•angelacooper•2d ago

Half my EVA foam armor delaminated at a con in Atlanta last May

I was at MomoCon and my chest piece started peeling apart during a photo shoot. Had to emergency glue it back together in the bathroom with super glue I borrowed from a vendor. Anyone else had hot weather ruin their foam pieces mid-con?

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c/budgeting-wins•angelacooper•2d ago

My sister laughed at my $50 weekly food budget and now I'm second guessing everything

So I was bragging to my sister about how I only spend $50 a week on groceries for myself... she just stared at me and asked if I ever eat fresh vegetables. She pointed out that I'm basically surviving on rice, beans, and frozen pizzas. It made me realize I've been so focused on the number that I forgot about actually eating decent food. Has anyone else had a family member call them out on their "budget win" not being so healthy?

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c/budget-friendly-meals•angelacooper•3d ago

Unpopular opinion: meal prepping on Sunday actually made me spend more money on food

I used to be all in on the Sunday meal prep hype. Every weekend I'd hit the store and buy a bunch of ingredients to portion out for the week. But after six months of doing it, I noticed my grocery bill went up by about $40 a month. The problem was I'd buy these big packs of chicken or produce for the recipes, then get bored halfway through the week and order takeout anyway. So all that prepped food just sat there or got thrown out. Last month I switched to just buying stuff day by day based on what I actually feel like eating. Now I spend less because I'm not tossing half my fridge every Friday. Has anyone else had the same problem with the Sunday prep thing?

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c/diy-home-repair•angelacooper•5d ago

Vent: Tried those $10 outlet spacers from Harbor Freight and now my kitchen backsplash looks worse

Picked up a pack of those plastic spacers to fix a outlet that sits too deep in the wall. Thought it was a quick fix. But the spacer pushed the outlet cover out so far it doesn't sit flush against the tile anymore. Got a 1/8 inch gap on the bottom edge. Now I have to take it all apart and figure out a different way. Anyone dealt with outlets that are too recessed behind tile?

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c/estheticians•angelacooper•7d ago

A client told me my lash fills looked "clumpy" and I got defensive at first but she was right

She came in for a refill last Tuesday and said it out loud. I nearly snapped back that it was natural growth patterns. Then I looked at my own work under the magnifying light and yeah, she was right. I was overlapping too many extensions on the same natural lash trying to save time. Now I slow down and fan them out more. Has anyone else had a client call them out on something that actually improved your work?

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c/enterprise-networking•angelacooper•7d ago

Overheard a junior IT guy say "VLANs are just for organization" and had to bite my tongue

Was standing behind two guys at a coffee shop in Portland last week, and one of them was explaining to his buddy how they just use VLANs to "keep things neat." I almost choked on my latte lol. Like yeah, they help with organization, but the real win is security and broadcast domain isolation. Has anyone else heard some wild oversimplifications from newer folks in the field?

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c/edmonton-chat•angelacooper•12d ago

My fridge died mid-July and I lost $200 in groceries

Came home from work on a Thursday to find my 12-year-old Kenmore fridge humming but not cooling at all. Everything in there was warm to the touch, meat and dairy had to go straight in the trash. Ended up hauling the stuff to my neighbor's spare fridge and ordering a new one from Trail Appliances that same night. Has anyone else had a fridge just give up with zero warning like that?

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c/backyard-chicken-keepers•angelacooper•14d ago

That neighbor who told me to quit coddling my hens and let them free range

Old guy named Hank next door said I was treating my chickens like indoor cats, so I let them loose in the backyard for a few hours last Tuesday, and now they follow me around like puppies. Has anyone else had a bird that suddenly gets attached after you give them more space?

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c/enterprise-networking•angelacooper•16d ago

Rant: That data center in Phoenix I toured last week had cable trays that made zero sense

I visited a colo facility near the airport on Tuesday and their overhead cable management was a nightmare. Every tray ran diagonally across the ceiling, like someone just measured by eye or something. How do you even troubleshoot a bundle of Cat6a when it's draped over three different racks? Has anyone else seen layouts that look like they were designed in five minutes?

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c/commercial-divers•angelacooper•1mo ago

Burned $300 on a fancy drysuit zipper that failed on my third dive near Seattle

Bought a top-tier metal zipper thinking it'd outlast everything, but it corroded and jammed in two months. Anyone else swear by plastic zippers for Puget Sound work instead?

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