Unopened obviously! I checked the batteries, used a different bowl, zeroed it again, tested it with a 1lb block of butter. Nope, cheated out of 300g and I needed 900g for the recipe. I had a bit leftover from my last bag which would have been enough of a buffer but now I have to go to buy more 😩

Since I’m getting these questions a lot:

1. The brand is Roger’s Sugar, I’m in Alberta, Canada
2. I realize kitchen scales are not extremely accurate but I always make sure that it is working correctly - if I tare it and then press lightly on the scale, or push it and it doesn’t go back to zero, then I know it’s not working and I’ll rewipe the counter and the bottom of the scale, check batteries, etc. I also first measured in the bowl of my kitchen aid mixer but then switched to the blue bowl pictured to double check. I know exactly how much the blue bowl weighs, and the weight has been consistent over multiple kitchen scales. The bowl measured correctly and then I rated it and poured the sugar in, if the tare was off then after I poured the icing sugar in and took the bowl+icing sugar off the scale, the weight of the bowl would have shifted. I am very careful about making sure the scale is accurately measuring before I start mixing things, especially for baking things will be fucked up if the weights are off.

Many people have been reporting copyright strikes for backrooms fan games, textures, and other references on Google play, Twitter and other spaces. Apparently the company thinks if they make a movie that suddenly they own the source material that existed years before the movie was even conceptualized. For an idea of how ridiculous this is, it's like saying James Cameron owns the Titanic and every survivor's story because of the movie he made.

With how shitty the world is becoming at what point is it enough, it's literally 1984, can't have shit anymore, even decades old community internet creepypastas apparently.

Had second baby, but first boy, daughter is older. My parents eventually bring a bunch of knit and crochet baby clothes that "my grandmother made". Baby is nearly too big for them, and it's summer. I say thank you, and *they* mention it may not fit anymore, I say, that's ok, we have teddy bears and dolls that can wear them if they don't fit (referring to older daughter's playtime sensibilities)

Big mistake. Huge.

"But ThOsE aRE FAMILY HEIRLOOMSsssssssss" *insert heads spinning*

I backtrack quickly.

Go to wash the clothes later.

Hmm. I didn't know Grandma was Japanese!

Driving home from work and bro these lights were so bright it was like someone had their brights on..

Never seen this before what is the point of the lights?

I appealed an NYU conduct finding after a physical altercation with my roommate.

NYU corrected the factual record, reduced the sanction to a written warning, and now explicitly acknowledges that:

• my roommate initiated the physical confrontation;
• my actions occurred in the context of defending myself;
• the original factual record needed correction.

And somehow they still found me responsible because my use of physical force “contributed to an incident that endangered the safety of those involved.”

That is unbelievably infuriating.

They do not say I started it.

They do not say my response was excessive.

They do not say I continued after the threat ended.

They do not identify any specific action that was unnecessary or disproportionate.

Their reasoning is basically:

“He attacked you.”

“You defended yourself.”

“But because defending yourself involved physical force, you are still responsible.”

What exactly was I supposed to do—politely submit to being attacked so the incident would remain compliant with university policy?

I’m glad they corrected the record and reduced the sanction, but this still feels like institutional ass-covering. They moved almost entirely toward admitting the original decision was wrong while refusing to take the final step of clearing me.

For context, I'm gay so it was a MLM flag.

I'd think it was a mistake if it wasn't SPECIFICALLY the flag and the sticker hasn't peeled in the 6+ months it's been on, even though it's faded.

Only mildly infuriating because I can just make or get a new one, even if wouldn't be by the same artist. Just sucks.

Fell asleep early on my flight, only to wake up to my seat neighbors feet on top of mine. I told her multiple times that she was in my space but would revert to that position after a few minutes. Might have to start going for business class after this incident.

Screen grab from her video on the short form platform. She was deliberately leaving plastic fairies throughout this public park. When a different commenter very gently and kindly informed her that it was illegal and she is leaving microplastic garbage in her wake, she laughed at him and said "the forest will survive". 😡 A person who is specifically focused on promoting the gorgeous PNW should know better.

There are strict litter laws, fines for failing to follow "pack in, pack out" rules, and even a possible fine if the county needs to involve extra resources to find and dispose of the litter.

I reported the video to the county. The report is public info now.

Our landlord came today and painted parking spaces for the entire building. He had measured everything beforehand and made sure every spot was exactly the same width.

The problem is that I’m currently the only one home, so this photo only shows one car parked. Once everyone gets back and all the spaces are full, I honestly have no clue how anyone is supposed to get in or out without carefully squeezing through the door gap.

I mean, points for fairness, I guess. Nobody can complain that someone got a bigger spot than them. We can all struggle equally. 😂

EDIT: This is a toaster oven, not a bread toaster.

A few months ago, we noticed an electrical burning/melting smell, and traced it to our Cusinart toaster oven while it was running. I unplugged the unit and the plug was hot and the prongs were loose.

I reported Cusinart as a matter of safety hazard, they took down some info asked if there was any damage to the house and as soon as they discovered there wasn't they told me there's nothing they could do and closed the ticket.

I filed a CPSC report as a matter of record and not long after Cusinart's claim department reached out and said they could help if I ship them the toaster for engineering to look over it.

I sent them the toaster, answered all their questions.

A month later, they came back blamed me for the issue, (saying it was too close to the wall, it wasn't)... closed the case and kept my toaster, along with any ability for me to independently verify what went wrong.

This thing could have burned down my house, and what did they do? Blame me, keep it and go dark.

Way to go Cusinart!

Edit:

For anyone searching: the model number is TOB-260N1NAS. If you've had a similar experience with this unit I'd encourage you to file a report at saferproducts.gov

Today I saw a person post a timelapse of them "drawing" a remarkable fan art. But the art was appearing in chunks from top to bottom, without any sketch or preplanning. When I asked the author how they made this timelapse, wondering maybe it's just the way they choose to present the process after the piece was done, they said it was indeed how they drew it. The piece also had lines running over it if contract is raised, and the character had an "ai finger" as the cherry on top. To say less - it was mildly infuriating.

Fuck mosquitos man

Here's a warning on the importance of footwear. I was chopping some wood when the axe took a glancing blow off a knot and went straight for my foot. I had zero time to react. Stay safe out there.

Despite my delivery instructions being “please put package inside glass door in breezeway” for YEARS, now 😑😑