The 2025 Trivial Drivel Thread

[Duchess]

17 days and I'll be 50.
My sisters are here now to celebrate with me. Just them being here together at the same time is such a gift to me.

Does that mean it's July 8^th rather than July 9^th?

[Clang McFly]

Little less than 3 months I'll be 52. And 10 years until retirement.

[Duchess]

Love Child, I think you should know that the next time you see Smokey the bear out there it's really Sam Elliott.

[username]

There’s a guy on FB from my high school years. I’m just now seeing posts from him.

He gave my best friend at the time herpes (and after she was diagnosed, it became clear that he knew or should have known that he was contagious).

Not my battle (never was) but find myself biting my tongue anyway.

[MirahM]

Love Child, I think you should know that the next time you see Smokey the bear out there it's really Sam Elliott.

Wait, what? Why? I haven't been following along with anything. Now i have to go look Sam Elliot up. 
July 8.

We went on a hike and didn't see any bears.

[MirahM]

I think I am going to do an 80's themed dance party for my birthday.

[BigMark]

When I was riding my bike near yosemite I ate my sandwich with my back to a tree, bear sign everywhere. And my bear spray was on my handlebars.

[Duchess]

Love Child, I think you should know that the next time you see Smokey the bear out there it's really Sam Elliott.

Wait, what? Why? I haven't been following along with anything. Now i have to go look Sam Elliot up. 
July 8.

We went on a hike and didn't see any bears.

I heard Sam Elliott's voice coming out of Smokey the bear and when I looked it up I found Sam has been the voice of Smokey since 2008.

Thanks for confirming the birth date!

[MirahM]

Well my neighbor was over tonight, she is going to make me a flourless chocolate cake, have you ever had one? They are so rich! Top with berries and whip cream or ice cream and it is sooooo good.
And we will do an 80's themed dance party. I'm bringing my roller skates.

[username]

Awesome Mirah! Yes on flourless cakes. Prefer them. The cake is just a distraction from the icing but flourless cakes are super rich.

So since I fractured my foot, I’ve used an agency who has sends me a dog walker everyday. It’s typically the same young women but my Tuesday/Thursday walker is gone for the next few weeks.

They sent me a replacement today who’s probably 12 years older than me, is recovering from a torn meniscus and uses basically an electric wheelchair to get around for long walks. My dog could well hate an electric wheelchair (she’s not a big fan of things with wheels).

I don’t know what the agency was thinking but I sent them off for a while. I feel like I might be committing elder abuse.

[username]

No good deed goes unpunished. A guy that was the older brother of a friend of mine IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, FB messengered me yesterday to say he thought I was whatever, the cat’s meow, back in the day. And he wished he could have said it then.

I didn’t like or dislike him at the time (fuck if I remember) but I wrote back that I thought he was pretty great too back then but he was the older brother of my friend so never thought more about it.

I GUESS if someone can messenger you on FB, they can also send you an audio call? Imagine my surprise and irritation when my phone started ringing at 12:47 am this morning.

I ignored it and woke up to a message “oops, I accidentally butt dialed you”. 


I’m sure (hoping) it was innocuous but FFS, I’m definitely not whoever he remembers me to be. 

He better not “butt dial” me again or I’ll block his dumb ass.

[username]

My husband has earned all expenses paid trips from his employer for many years. Last year, we went on a trip on a yacht around the Caribbean. The year before, it was Cabo.

This year it’s in beautiful Sonoma, Ca mid-July (maybe an hour from our house if that). I’m sure it will be lovely and I won’t miss the travel involved) but definitely not the same when it’s practically in your backyard.

[Duchess]

I was watching Chef Reactions and a woman cooked a boneless, skinless chicken breast in a jar IN THE DISHWASHER. Don't look, kids. *hurls*

[Clang McFly]

I was watching Chef Reactions and a woman cooked a boneless, skinless chicken breast in a jar IN THE DISHWASHER. Don't look, kids. *hurls*

I thought it was gross when they cooked stuff in the coffee maker.

[Duchess]

I haven't seen the coffee maker one, but I have a vague memory of someone cooking something on top of a car's motor. Why? They never explain why.

[Clang McFly]

I haven't seen the coffee maker one, but I have a vague memory of someone cooking something on top of a car's motor. Why? They never explain why.

[Duchess]

A freaky thing just happened. I went to walmart.com and the moment the page opened this popped up. I took a picture of it too, there are other people I want to show it to.

Also, I'm not in Virginia, I don't know what's up with that.

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[username]

Creepy.
I love the twist at the end that basically says the only way not to consent is not to look at those products. Bullshittery.

[sally]

Wtf.

[Duchess]

That's EXACTLY what I said.