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Why is the US (insert derogatory statement here)
#just got back from japan and my gods#my fucking gods#it fucking sucks here????#life could be so nice#we could have lower priced food#and public transportation#and cleaner bathrooms#roads with no potholes#pedestrian friendly areas#like parks every 10 city blocks????#cheap fresh premade food and meals sold in convenience stores that are open 24 hours and located literally everywhere#trains#multiple languages written down in many places#...wait i figured out the secret to avoiding culture shock. you have to absolutely despise the place youre currently living in#then once you move to the other country. everything is better. bc its not the place you were before#in other news i hated alaska and didnt feel a lot of culture shock going to japan#coming back im like this#take this as you will
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[ Open House Chicago 2024 — All Saints' Episcopal Church, Dank Haus German Cultural Center, St. Mary of the Lake, Riviera Theater, Wilson Avenue Theater]
#I think the people who rehab or maintain historic locations are doing holy work.#I was privileged to catch one of the riviera owners talking about what it looked like back in the day vs. what it is now#the photographs they've put up and what (they can only guess) was there back in the day#I found where the guys rehabbing the wilson avenue theater cut through to the back offices - it was a bank before it was a theater#and there's a whole warren of vaults and breakrooms behind the front-facing bits#and even the curators at all saints' were talking about how the striking dark arts and crafts-style woodwork was brand new#a decision made in the 70s; before that it was just a worn-down church#(even dank haus - it looks like every 90s public school I ever attended and they're in the middle of a refurbishing right now.)#I kept thinking about how thankless a lot of this work is if you don't know how much time and money and attention goes into it.#all you know is that things look different; there's an elevator where there wasn't before and things are neater and cleaner.#except that takes so so many hands and a lot of money and time and someone somewhere caring intensely.#even just this weekend! someone has to arrange for t-shirts sign up volunteers; to train them and give them site-specific instructions.#somebody has to stand around and encourage you to sign up for the email list. and give some tours.#answer questions. talk about the architect and the refurbishment work. tell people where the bathrooms are.#anyway. it's a triumph. it is.#city of the big shoulders#wherever there is light
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Hey y'all! I could use some advice, because when I developed asthma my family pretty much got rid of all our cleaning products besides like dish soap and clorox wipes for asthma trigger reasons, just using soap and water and elbow grease to clean things, but to be honest I just don't have that much elbow grease available. The fatigue is real lol That said, I am looking for your cleaning product recommendations (for cleaning anything! absolutely anything, just tell me what it's for please) in two categories: 1. What works best, regardless of asthma side effects or whether or not I personally can use it* 2. What you think will work for me, if you have any asthma-friendly cleaning product suggestions *I am not the only person in my household so if the cleaning product works really well but I can't be around it we can make it work
#the person behind the yarn#tj asks weird questions#this question isn't that weird but that's my tag for these#today I scrubbed the stovetop#and it took a long time and it's still not perfectly clean#and I could only clean one of the grates and my arm and chest are sore from holding it one handed#so I could clean with the other hand#and like. I realize in the scheme of things this is a relatively minor problem#but it's been like six years since I developed asthma it's long past time to figure out a better way of cleaning#the main labor intensive things I am hoping to find more specific cleaning products for#are the stove the oven and like bathroom cleaners#but any general cleaning products would be awesome too
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they should invent a hospital that isn’t fucking uncomfortable and horrible where the beds aren’t paper thin and there aren’t a million noises going on and the nurses aren’t laughing and talking loudly and the callous doctors don’t show up for just five minutes and leave and where you aren’t there for five hours minimum because everything’s so slow. they should especially invent a hospital where doctors take you seriously despite your illness being invisible. and they should be free.
you know, an actual place of healing. not a high stress environment
#chronically ill#chronic illness#i always feel like i’m in the saw bathroom while i’m there#just cleaner#👽
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CARMEN SANDIEGO (2019) + locations ║ Stockholm, Poitiers, and the Austrian Alps [7/?]
#my post#screencap#carmen sandiego 2019#cs 2019 trivia#backgrounds#plus location IDs (or best guesses thereof) in the alt text!#edit: despite working at the Interpol bureau ID'd in S1 as being in Paris#Devineaux does /not/ look to have actually moved to Paris bc (as per S2E10) he shaves off his post-island beard in the same bathroom#as the one from which the Cleaners kidnapped him - which was def in Poitiers. so he IS making the 2h commute to/from Paris#which i suppose would at least have given him lots of time to think about how to use those shipping records to find VILE? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#also i've been sticking all the location/reference/nifty details i've picked up in the 'cs 2019 trivia' tag#for anyone else who likes playing 'Name That Landmark' when watching the show XDD#nixariel
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WAIT!!! I just remembered something. Core memory unlocked but like-- slightly bad one. Is there long lasting damage to the stomach from being starved for long periods of time? I think my stomach got fucked cuz of that actually.
#aria rants#i was just listening to music and then sudden thought occurred to me like: ''whoa... wait a minute-- is my fucked up stomach a result#of the consequences of my actions in the past?'' it isnt as bad as it sounds-- i think-- but basically when i was still going to school#i REALLY DESPISED the school bathrooms. id go during the first year in elementary and HATED IT A LOT ever since so to make sure#i Very Rarely or Not Ever use it at all. id rarely eat. cuz my logic during then is: dont eat = dont need to drink water = no bathroom use#it was alright during elementary cuz school only lasted until 12 pm during then so i get to eat properly still (eat breakfast at home)#but it got worse during junior high. cuz id be going home in the afternoon around 3 pm? 4 pm? smth and yet-- i still continued to not eat#id eat only breakfast at home before going to school and never again unless i got Really hungry that id eat some snacks and proceed#to not drink anything at all. that continued on until senior high but its less bad cuz the bathroom in that school was Way Better#it was cleaner and less dirty so i didnt mind that one but i still refused to go anyway so id still rarely eat and drink#my mom would be packing foods for me to eat at school as a just in case i would eat em but i still didnt so id just eat those at home#the consequences of my actions haunts me even though years had gone by...
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Good Afternoon, Today is a Monday, April 22nd
It's amazing what you can do when you allow yourself just a few accommodations.
~From Lyoko with Love, Aelita
#code lyoko#code lyoko evolution#aelitaslittlereminders#daily reminders#this is about using gentle cleaner to clean the bathroom instead of chemicals that make my head spin
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btw the official dc comics instagram posted this. the combination of the art and the text made me scream
#i’m comicposting again to keep myself awake enough to rinse the drain cleaner from our bathroom sink#storytime with elina
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Sorry but this is me right now
#literally#it's actually 3 in the morning I should be asleep#but the bathroom is always cleaner when I do it at night somehow#not art#me making memes instead of sleeping#spongebob#photo edit
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why does cleaning take soooo mach effort why does it have to have such a crazy toll on your body.... i love cleaning i love the satisfaction and the feeling of accomplishment but i dread the state my body will be in afterwards u__u
#just cleaned my bathroom over a span of a few hours#it really didnt take that much time — i sprayed cleaner and let it sit for a lot of time#which actually did a lot of the work#but oh my god my back is destroyed#well not as bad as it used to be when i cleaned without taking many breaks....#but ough.... its done... i did it...#ss
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I'm definitely only thinking about this cause I'm a custodian but who cleans the Watchtower?? Cause I can't imagine anyone on the Justice League voluntarily cleaning a bathroom except Clark and maybe Diana. In Justice League Unlimited the Watchtower has a support staff of hundreds and presumably there's a team of custodians in that crew somewhere, but what about universes where they don't have support staff?
Do they have a rotating schedule where they divide up duties and take it in turns? How often is this done? How thorough are they? Cause thoroughly cleaning a structure that large would take a lot of time and they're all very busy people living double lives. How is waste collected and removed from the Tower? I'm assuming cleaning supplies and related equipment would be acquired in a similar way to any other equipment they use.
Can you imagine the League having meetings where they're like "okay we have to get better at taking out our trash cause the can in the kitchen is always overflowing" and arguing over whose turn it is to sweep the floors this week? Bruce will ask Alfred for advice on the most efficient way to clean a bathroom and will do it out of necessity but dread when his turn comes up. Clark is the best of all them at completing his duties and he doesn't even cheat using super speed. All of them at some point will put all of the Tower's garbage into one trash bag because they can lift it no matter how heavy it is and then the bag will tear and spill everywhere because the heroes might be very strong but these bags sure aren't. Several of them will forget which cleaner is used for which task and make that task harder for the next person to do it cause the chemical the first person used made the surface much dirtier than it normally would be. Do they assume they have to mop the floors by hand or do they know there are machines that will scrub the floor sooo much faster and also suck up all the water? Do they use a regular broom for sweeping or save themselves a ton of time and use a nice wide dust mop?
I'm going with no carpet cause satellite in space so no vacuuming needed but I do have several Thoughts on how that could go wrong too. The cord not being long enough or getting in the way. Several team members not realizing it's a model that uses bags and that those need to be replaced when they get full. So much hair getting wrapped around the beater bar. Several people not realizing there's a detachable crevice tool to get in smaller spaces. Several people clogging it by sucking up things that are too big. If they have a cordless battery powered model they forget to charge the batteries. All in all it's better to not burden them with a vacuum let's just say all the floors can be swept and mopped.
Now I kinda want a fic where they try doing it all themselves and after a few months they're like "this is not working" and then they decide they need support staff. Online job postings for "Watchtower Custodian Urgently Needed, Some Experience Required." World's weirdest job interview. Having your background check done by fucking Batman
#stella speaks#apparently i had more thoughts about this than i realized lol. started typing headcanons and they just kept coming#also yes the chemical making the surface dirtier is a thing that has happened to me multiple times#due to a coworker not knowing the right cleaner to use#which is very annoying#and yes the trash bag thing has (almost) happened a couple of times#where *i* can handle the weight of the trash but the bag is too thin and cannot#luckily i've never broken one so thoroughly it spilled everywhere but it's something i gotta watch out for#i have so many questions about how the watchtower works and very few of them are hero related lol#like- i assume they have bathrooms and probably at least a small kitchen. how does their plumbing work?#justice league#dcu
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Toilet Brush Bunny™ sold separately.
McCall's - April 1952
#1952#toilet#cleaning#cleaner#bathroom#vintage ad#advertising#advertisement#vintage ads#1950s#1950s ad#1950's#1950's ad#funny#humor#humour
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I got a steam cleaner and uh holy shit 🤢
#spent 3 hours cleaning the grout in the bathroom and kitchen#my body is going to hurt tomorrow#my mom is not a cleaner she’s a maybe once a month run a mop over the floor if that person#I on the other hand am a let’s vacuum daily and mop 1-2x a week girl
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TIL you have to clean washing machines. Post made by Oh My God-gang
#cleaned out the filter now and almost flooded my bathroom with the water but whatever#gonna run a wash with washing machine cleaner tomorrow#I've had this washing machine for a little over a year...#it had suprisingly little gunk in it for not being cleaned in a year whereas the manufacturer recommends cleaning it every 1-3 months...#at least I clean my dishwasher religiously#as my (maybe) oldest kitchen appliance and an already small dishwasher that bad boy starts becoming smelly surprisingly quick
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I hate living in student accommodation so much 😭 one day I'm going to live in a nice little house where only nice people are allowed
#just cleaned the bathroom#and found carpet beetles in the vaccuum cleaner#which doesn't even work good
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hm i think i might be going to jail lol
#that white woman who sprayed bathroom cleaner in my face reported me to the police and now they're trying to see me#abt the alleged assault and in the UK if the person thinks they're going to be hurt it counts as common assault so yea#im probably going to jail!#even tho i didnt touch i did kick the air out of reflex and apparently that counts so.
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