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Just trying to make my therapist proud TBFighter | Nerdfighter | Swiftie | Creator of Unnecessary PowerPoints

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Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · Dec 12

I’m so glad this happened AFTER my work end of year “share your biggest accomplishments” thing. HR would have been…confused

John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Dec 12

The gazoonga incident has received a full exploration at this slideshow by @tori.dftba.social. It is a major work of art.

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The Gazoonka Incident

The Gazoonka Incident 1 A Beautifully Remarkable Thing December 9, 2024 By Tori @tori.dftba.social

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Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 7h

He does know, because after the third time they gave him the can. At first I was annoyed on behalf of the flight attendants and now I’m also slightly concerned for his health

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 7h

I truly cannot imagine pressing the airplane call bell but the guy in the row in front of me has done so four separate times. Surely he’s had enough Diet Coke now.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 10h

16” circulars. Metal though, I think that was the main problem.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 11h

It was the only set of 7s I had on me though. So I guess I’m starting my backup project

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 11h

I haven’t ever had an issue before! I think because she opened my purse to look at tiny scissors and actually saw them (and that was also why the ones in my backpack were fine). I always prepare for the worst and had stitch holder cord to transfer the stitches to

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 13h

Mexico airport security confiscated my knitting needles (but only the ones in my project, not the 10 other sets shoved in various parts of my bag)

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 2d

Words that sound like what they mean are the best

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 2d

The only other woman on the work trip is pregnant so I guess I’m flying solo for this “buy tampons in a foreign country at 7am” adventure

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

He was working or trying to sleep for most of the flight. We left at like 7am which means everyone was up crazy early to get to the airport. So basically it would have been kind of rude in context.

It’s one thing for me to be slightly uncomfortable asking, it’s another to put someone else out

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

Business trips bring out the weirdest coworker lore.

My teammate’s mom is a TB survivor and our boss saw Taylor Swift play in Nashville when she was 13.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

If you’re a Nerdfighter and you were on the 8am flight from Newark to CDMX this morning….hi

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

The guy next to me on this flight is watching a @hankgreen.bsky.social video but it’s an early morning flight out of New York so it would be so rude to ask if he’s One Of Us

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

I need a bagel, a Celsius and a working outlet and all Newark gave me is my boss

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

I know the government has my face and it’s pointless to opt out of the facial recognition, it’s more of a principle thing.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

Sorry for treating Bluesky like a group chat, but it’s stupid o’clock in the morning

Also in addition to not paying TSA agents, are they upping airport security? Or did I get extra screening because I opted out of facial recognition?

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

If leaving my house for the airport at 4am wasn’t going to get me to pack the night before, literally nothing ever will

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

I was given the task “send birthday cards to my friend’s grandma so she gets 90 for her 90th birthday and I did my job but I did only have dungeons and dragons stamps.

At least they coordinate with the envelopes

Three envelopes, one bright yellow, one lavender and one bright orange. All 3 have dungeons and dragons stamps that are sort of color coordinated with the envelope.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

Also between MAHA propaganda and younger gen z being so puritanical i wouldn’t be shocked if they tried to bring back prohibition…. I’d be curious what the market data actually says

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

That’s probably why swig thrives in Utah, the significant gap in alcohol and coffee consumption creates room in the market, but I do think there’s a gap in away from home lrbs. Juice and smoothie shops and matcha bars kind of exemplify that to an extent.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

I believe they call teenagers hanging out in parking lots “loitering” now and strongly discourage it

Which sucks. I’d totally be down to hang with my friends in parking lots

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

I’m very much single, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have someone I consider, effectively, a life partner. Platonic love between friends is one of the most significant types of relationship we can have.

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

Not quite 35+ yet, but when I turned 30 my boss told me “your 30s are just your 20s with more money and fewer fucks to give” and it’s stuck with me. There isn’t a clock I’ve run out, I’ve just gotten to the more fun part

Also sufficient dietary fiber fixes a lot of things

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 4d

If leaving my house for the airport at 4am wasn’t going to get me to pack the night before, literally nothing ever will

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 5d

Or a soda, or a lemonade. Milkshakes are like a meal in a cup (and while I drink them in the cold, that’s not for everyone)

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 5d

They have every object that’s ever existed. My grandma died 10 years ago and I saw her entire wardrobe in that store, next to a mug that said “world’s best guncle” and a Bible trivia word search book. I’m sure the banana loca was just around the corner

Tori ✨ @tori.dftba.social · 5d

My guess is that for the companies with the brands that could easily create and market something like a classic soda shop the overhead and labor costs just make it not worthwhile. Which sucks. I want a fun lil soda.