quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

household chores are a matter of incentive and comparitive advantage yo

I clean bathrooms because I'm better at it + I v. much prefer that it be done by the person who is better at it; She cleans floors and does the laundry because she's obsessive about clean floors and empty laundry baskets; I water plants and put up the dishes because I'm tall; etc.

everybody should read tim harford

I think I would be in trouble if I started waving david ricardo around wrt chores.

that was my favorite part of the article. that illustration...

Is she carrying an bodiless arm? Is it for the hogshead stew?

its a dong

no i think its the bedroom shot thats best. it looks like someones guest room

but i hate making beds (but so does she, but we compromise on this)

I <3 what u did here, suggesting that not bothering to make the bed ever is a "compromise."

I read the article and mostly was impressed that the dude wrapped his head in a pillowcase so wifey could continue reading with the light on (HINT HINT ok just kidding).

Mostly I thought it was a snoozer, though I found her analogy to the "good-enough" motherhood theory refreshing.

i assumed that's what he meant by compromise :)
making the bed is dumb, you're just gonna mess it up the next day

Yeah for realz plus if you leave it unmade it gets to "air" or something.

um i sometimes put on the fitted sheet because u hate putting on the fitted sheet

also i am horrible at making a bed

our cat prefers it unmade, easier to crawl under sheets (tho he'll get under no matter how taut you make it).

also dude put a pillow over his head not wrap head in pillowcase

is that what you want me to do

do you want me to die

by pillowcase

BRING BACK THE DRAFT

not bothering to make the bed ever is a "compromise."

making the bed is dumb, you're just gonna mess it up the next day

yesssss

making a bed and washing a car: two dumb things. one because i cannot do it, no matter how many times u show me hospital corners. one because wtf

am i gonna have to learn hospital corners oh no :(

making the bed is an important way to maintain order in a chaotic world

pls don't put pillowcase on head and die kthx luv wifey

xpost

Yes gbx but they only teach u fourth year when you can better handle it.

hospital corners aren't that hard; mr que is just hospital-corner-differently abled

i make the bed and i have no idea what hospital corners even are. if the sheets and blankets are pulled up and not too rumpled and the pillows are on the bed, that's made. and since i'm the only one in the house that ever does this anyway, i don't get any complaints.

here's the thing--i WISH i knew how to make a bed. but at least three different people have shown me how, and still: i suck. therefore no try except for fitted sheet alley oop to old lady

make the bed u fn savages

*whew*

my mom's a nurse--she has worked in a hospital-- she has shown me hospital corners-- and yet--

icey I will not make the fucking bed and in fact I will come over to your place and unmake your bed so there

http://www.organization-makes-sense.com/image-files/hospital_corners-1.jpg

ok, very interesting. no, i don't do that.

Hospital corners are really easy - like giftwrapping a box.

guess what else i'm not good at

It is so easy and really does do a better job than random stuffing!

that's what she said

oh jesus

Had to do hospital corners when I worked as a maid for a hotel/resort. Personally I'm just glad we didn't have to fold the toilet paper into little triangles on the roll, as if to suggest that no filthy filthy human hand had ever torn its surgically sterile fibers asunder.

pulling the bedclothes up to the pillows when you roll out in the morning but not being intimidated or otherwise influenced by bed-making nazis making the bed is an important way to maintain order in a chaotic world

fyp

yeah thats a fine approach imo - tho hospital folding the whole thing up like a perfect lil package has its appeal too

omfg who knew there were so many instructional military videos about hospital corners, breaking out the rulers and everything!!! oh man

LOL Tom, I thought you'd have set a few clips to nosebleed techno by now.

RECOMMENDED: you lazy fuckers incapable of hosp corners could just buy a fitted sheet and a duvet/comforter cover.

i am not a lazy fucker

we have a fitted sheet and a duvet comforter cover but we also use a regular bedsheet because we are not savages

hi TOMBOT btw

Yes but getting the comforter back into the duvet cover is a pain the ass beyond that of hospital corners!!!

Yes TOMBOT it is lovely to see you!

hospital corner TOMBOT military ruler duvet fitted sheet

is suzy recommending eschewing the flat sheet altogether :O

Britishes dispense with the flat sheet when the comforter cover is also made of cotton sheet. Flat sheet comes into play if comforter cover is made of different material than cotton sheet or there is some other blanket between you and the comforter cover.

disgusting, but not surprising

tombot did u get married?? congrats

britishes dispense w/rinsing their dishes ive heard

We have to make the bed, or the cats will shed all over the sheets. In fact, we have to make sure there is no bit of sheet showing or the cats will lay on that little bit of sheet and shed all over it.

the point of the flat sheet isn't that it's made out of cotton, it's that it can be washed more regularly than pain-in-the-ass duvees!

also key for regulating bed temperature

well, the duvet cover /= the duvet. it can be washed