Louisiana? Those drive-thru daiquiri shops blew my mind. I had been told that leaving a bit of paper on the straw counts as a “seal,” but when I went to one I didn’t even get a paper on the straw.

It appears that selling beer at PA gas stations requires a special license and is limited by local laws. One town might allow it, but the next town over doesn’t.

I guess because the laws about it weren’t confusing enough already.

I don’t know about Alabama, but Pennsylvania also has state-owned liquor stores. For PA, you can get beer and wine in a lot of places, including gas stations, supermarkets, and beer stores. However, if you want hard liquor, you have to go to specific stores just for that. If you go to a beer store looking for rum, you’ll be out of luck.

ETA: Only certain licensed gas stations sell beer and it differs by local laws, so YMMV.

Meanwhile, vandwellers are out there counting up the cash they aren’t spending on rent.

It’s a shame there’s a significant stigma to that lifestyle. The last time I was homeless, I was ready to go that route and save up the money I would’ve spent on rent. However, my girlfriend was terrified of the idea. She found me the place I’m staying in now, which I’m glad for; but the last time my bank account was this low, I was only working part-time. Rent is like a money-vacuum.

Oh, my sweet summer child…

Not all nurses, but travel nurses make bank. It was absurd during Covid, when nurses who worked for specific facilities saw their patients dying on the regular, were working longer hours, and still came home with the same pay they received before it all started.

Meanwhile, a coworker coming in from an agency to “help out” got paid tons more, even though they lacked the knowledge that comes from having worked in the same place with the same patients for years. Then those running the facilities were all shocked Pikachu face when their own employees burnt out and they had to bring on even more of the expensive travel nurses.

My 9 year old nephews told me months ago that 6-7 was already lame.

Which makes sense. If a kids’ meme is at a point where adults know enough about it, it’s probably already passé. That’s just how this stuff works.

Be normal.

No

Where I live (mid-Atlantic US region), snow accumulation is rare before December. I’ve had maybe one “white Christmas” in my life - lots of rainy ones, though.

January is when the snow starts to really hit, with February having peak winter storms. Before that, it’s just like autumn, except without the colorful leaves.

Bojack Horseman called it. Just gotta buy some stock in What Time Is It Right Now.

I’ll second this. My girlfriend’s 38 and very much like this. A couple months ago she did a sleep study and learned she’s a narcoleptic. The good news is, she’s now given time to nap at work.

That’s better, but I still don’t want to risk giving my phone to a cop.

So if you get pulled over, you’ll give your unlocked phone to a cop?

Oh, honey…

(Not necessarily “you,” rather anyone who keeps their ID in their phone. Unless you mean a phone case that has an ID slot?)

When I worked at a popular craft store, I sometimes cashiered and sometimes taught craft classes. I liked to decorate the cash register area, especially with examples from classes I’d run. I often had people asking about classes because of it, and buying extra supplies themselves because they wanted to try something that they missed a class for.

But management didn’t like that. They made me remove everything that gave the space creative personality. It made zero sense to me - it’s not a bland office, don’t we want to project a creative atmosphere? Don’t we want to increase class attendance and boost sales?

Nah, I guess not. Better to have a boring, sterile environment. Just like how they moved so many things to “online only” post-Covid, completely ignoring the multi-sensory way crafters tend to impulse-shop.

Lol, I buy shoes in the men’s section, too. It’s a lot easier to find a size 8/9 in men’s than a size 11/12 in women’s.

Most women’s socks: “Fits size 4-10”

My sock size: 11

And this, friends, is why I buy my socks from the men’s section. I don’t have the patience to pick up my stupid socks every half hour.

Republicans are doubling-down on the brain-drain, I see.

If I were a student in that state, I’d make it crystal clear why I’m transferring out by referencing this bullshit. Loudly. To everyone - my classmates, those in charge of the college, the legislators behind it all, and any social media I had access to.

Like the kind of place you go in your dream when IRL your mouth is open and dry af, but you’re asleep and all you know is that you’re really thirsty. It’s a cursed vending machine, where no matter how much you drink, your thirst is never gone.

Like the opposite of “the bathroom” dream where you really need to pee.

My parents wouldn’t have gone there, but my little brother and I would’ve explored the shit out of places like this. Seeing someplace so empty would’ve triggered our imaginations, we’d probably end up pretending the room is actually full of stuff but it’s all invisible or something.

There are other news links, but this is one I found on the front page, for context: https://lemmy.world/post/48906051?scrollToComments=true

TL;DR: Apparently ESA is calling private servers “illegal.”