Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

wait did they seriously name their kids lola and penn

xpost lol!! my mum was an office admin for a "herd improvement" company ie artificial insemination of cows. ppl would ask what my mum did and I'd say she's an office admin and they'd say where and I'd tell them - I would get these crazy looks like YOUR MOM DOES WHAT NOW and have to say nonnono she just works in the office, like everyone was picturing my mom with her arm halfway up a cow

city ppl also have much crazier reactions that country ppl fyi
farm ppl just go oh ok

I am more embarrassed by the reaction that people have when they learn I'm a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. It's an indicator that no matter how reasonable I was in conversation, I'm going to become a complete socially-incapable nerdo any second.

embarrassed for them, that is

when I get notified that facebook friends "like" really banal things like Target

Haha, yes! "Joe Schmoe and 10 more of your friends like Wal-Mart!" *sticks head in oven*

otm

Eh it just means they've signed on for a contest probably.

^^ yeah or they were tricked by some promo thing or they had to do it for some reason or another for an app or w/e, or they're old people who want to complain to targetcorp

I just love Target so much

Don't you guys like their dog mascot, and the fact they're based in good oil' Minneapolis?

i like all kinds of mundane corporate crap, the knowledge that i'm now flooding my friends' facebook feeds w/ stuff like 'james likes stouffer's *huge ad for stouffers party size macaroni and cheese*' only encourages it tbh.

'balls likes stauffer's' will never get old tho

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Coupons or offers contingent on sharing something on social media annoy me. I would love a 20% off coupon, but must I share your restaurant on twitter or Facebook to get it?

You could always set up a fake account to scoop up such offers.

then they send you a bunch of fake coupons OH SNAP.

:(

i found a new kind of passion fruit yogurt so i don't need to buy chobani unless i am in a passion fruit yogurt emergency.

now you know!

do you still call it "chobani time?"

only if i'm trying to make myself feel bad

aww :(

Hahaha. Is there a special song for Chobani Time?

god, no! it's just an alarm that goes off in my head when i feel the shame of eating chobani brand yogurt, like an air raid siren.

THinking of passion fruit I just made a bread with pineapple & passion fruit juice not from concentrate as the liquid element. Wondering if I'm making things too sweet but just come across this new non-concentrate juice in ALDI this week. May be in there all the time but I'm not so it's new to me.

a by-product of this thread is that i now cannot pass by the chobani section of the supermarket without thinking fondly of la lechera.

Yogurt itself is actually a thing that makes me kind of irrationally embarrassed, come to think of it. I like it but never eat it in public. Maybe it's that "not manly" connotation.

estela otm

I eat yogurt every morning at my desk at work. My manager dropped by my desk one day when I was eating coconut Chobani, and I got the distinct feeling he wasn't comfortable with the whole situation and was silently judging me. Maybe I'm just paranoid...

Of course, this is the same manager who informed that most men would be uncomfortable driving a mazda because they aren't manly cars. I guess my parents or whoever just forgot to give me any manliness advice when I was growing up, so I tend to make these social faux pas without really caring too much.

I think he's thinking of the Miata, which gets some guff as a girly little car, but it's actually a traditionally-styled casual sports car, unlike the overcompensating muscle cars of late americana

mazda 3 pretty sweet imo

Pretty sure he meant mazdas, which struck me as strange as that's a particular brand I'd never heard mentioned in a gendered context

pistons are for tough guys, wankels for the fey

For sure.

Anyway, the lesson I've learned from all this is that I'm not particularly embarrassed to engage in unmanly activities, but I get extremely embarrassed to have to discuss such a topic. Embarrassed for the person who'd bring it up, that is.

a by-product of this thread is that i now cannot pass by the chobani section of the supermarket without thinking fondly of la lechera.

or the whole dairy section as a whole, amirite.

literal these days, we are

last time i offered some wry commentary on that username, it related to breast-feeding.

so I feel like I'm pulling toward the right direction, at least.

omg geez
the Nestle company thanks you

I previously shared this image with LL and I believe her comment was how mortifying it would be to be standing in this line
http://i.imgur.com/TEuywr2.jpg

a nice blue tho

GO REAL

I eat yogurt every morning at my desk at work. My manager dropped by my desk one day when I was eating coconut Chobani, and I got the distinct feeling he wasn't comfortable with the whole situation and was silently judging me. Maybe I'm just paranoid...

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I make fancy pour-over coffee in my office that I bring in, along with one other dude. I still always feel absurdly embarrassed whenever I explain it to anyone, and I definitely get funny looks from older guys in the office.

who gives a shit

activia will make you.

1. There's been a Chobani (blueberry) in my work fridge for a week or so. I'm pretty sure it belongs to the laid-back dad-dude sports fan partner. I've only ever seen him consume Diet Coke and yogurt, but the Chobani is a new development.

2. On some thread LL said something along the lines of "I've had a stressful day and I need some Chobani time" and it made me snortol and want to give her a hug.

aw

Carl and I were on the train on the way to a Star Trek convention, we were sitting behind this guy eating yogurt. After finishing he proceeded to lick the cup to get the last remnants of yogurt out.

I eat yogurt all the time at my desk at work. No shame. But I don't like the cup.