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    1. What did you do this week (and weekend)?

      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...

      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!

      5 votes
    2. What is a quote that you really like that is from a problematic person?

      I finally watched Buffy and Angel like a year or 2 ago and except for the first season and last 2 seasons of Buffy and some parts of Angel, I absolutely loved it. this quote from Angel really got...

      I finally watched Buffy and Angel like a year or 2 ago and except for the first season and last 2 seasons of Buffy and some parts of Angel, I absolutely loved it.

      this quote from Angel really got me
      https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1337314-nothing-in-the-world-is-the-way-it-ought-to

      We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be.

      No way to really tell who came up with that quote but I consider it problematic just due to the association with Joss Whedon.

      But it got me curious if there are other examples of this out there? anyone like quotes that fit this kinda mold? Quotes have a certain heft to them but are from people later revealed to not be the stand-up guy we'd assumed/hoped they are?

      36 votes
    3. What have you been listening to this week?

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)

      Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.

      You can make a chart if you use last.fm:

      http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

      Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.

      10 votes
    4. Help cleaning stains off laminate

      Hi all, hoping you might be able to help me. This seemed like the closest Tildes category to post in. Maybe a year ago, I noticed I had tracked something into my apartment on my shoes and it left...

      Hi all, hoping you might be able to help me. This seemed like the closest Tildes category to post in. Maybe a year ago, I noticed I had tracked something into my apartment on my shoes and it left gunk on the floor. I cleaned as best I could and most of it came off but one major spot stained. Everything I tried wouldn't take it off. Over the last year it darkened and is the darkest spot in the photo.

      I was never able to clean it off or figure out exactly what I got stuck on my shoe to cause it. Until a couple days ago when it happened again. And eventually I put two and two together. There's some type of tree that drops some kind of nut or seed near the parking area and when I walk to my trunk after parking I accidentally stepped in one which smushed into my shoe and tracked into the apartment. I don't know what kind of tree or seed it is, but that's what stained it.

      Now that it's happened again it's even worse and I cannot for the life of me clean this off. I have tried 409, rubbing alcohol, Goo Gone, bleach, hydrogen peroxide and nothing cleans this crap off more than it is in the photo. Even scrubbed it with a sponge scrub pad and nothing. It's a smooth surface so it's not like a chunk I can scrape off, it's just like stained the laminate floor.

      Any suggestions on what else I can use to clean this gunk once and for all without damaging my apartments floor?

      Thanks! Here's the photo: https://imgur.com/a/pQ5hw36

      12 votes