You See, I'm Sort of Independent

Marie Kondo, gently over my shoulder: why is a pair of pants you find unwearable still in your dresser drawer

me: oh shit that’s right!! The dresser is for clothes that under some circumstance I might conceivably wear!!

Marie Kondo, beaming proudly: Yes, that’s correct!! These pants must have been your favorites. How wonderful that they were so comfortable and practical that you wore them out. But now since they no longer function as pants, you should move them from the drawer where you keep your functioning pants!

me: Yes thanks I got it they’re in the fabric basket now

In the US the last weekend in May is a traditional weekend to go to the beach. But before you go running into the water all willy-nilly and happy, please read the following warnings:

And, of course, please be sure you are properly attired for beach activity. No one wants to see your ankles, people.

Picture of appropriate clothing and sources below the cut:

My fave part of this tweet is that even though a lot of people are assuming this was an AI thing or whatever

this is the actual lede of their review of the Super Mario movie

~ The Woman’s Manual, by Aurora Reed, 1916