I'm Enjoying Reading The Dilbert Principle Partly Bc It's Surprisingly Both Funny And Kind Of Relevant

I'm enjoying reading the dilbert principle partly bc it's surprisingly both funny and kind of relevant for a book written by a middle-aged white man in the '90s and partly bc I get to go hehe. I'm reading a book about business management. for FUN, no less. hahahahaha (it's comedy/satire and it's written by a cartoonist who was never in business management)

last thanksgiving I ended up eating in a little room with a few of the cousins around my age. only 4 of us. really nice, actually. very peaceful compared to the rest of the house (full of children).

I can't remember how it came up. something about people getting offended by the wrong things, I'm not sure. one of my cousins said something like "sometimes people get mad at me when I'm talking about my black friend because I'll refer to them as 'my black friend,' but it's just like. they're black, my only black friend, and that's a description people will recognize so they know who I'm talking about." like I said, I don't really know what exactly we were talking about, but she definitely took it the wrong way. I know that much.

so yeah. all the rest of us were very uncomfortable with that, but none of us really knew what to say, so we kind of just sat there unenthusiastically and maybe made a noncommittal noise or two. picked at our mashed potatoes. (I would've pretended to suddenly be much more interested in my food, but I kind of lost my appetite a little.)

the thing is that it's not necessarily wrong to do that sort of thing- call your friend by a characteristic they have when you're talking to people who don't know them. my friend with the purple hair. my friend who ate a whole family sized bag of skittles in one night. my really tall friend. my accountant friend.

but the thing is that the people who you're talking to know about this person based on what you've said. why is them being black the important thing? how did that come up in conversation to be memorable?

maybe they've seen pictures, maybe of you and all your friends. but why is that still the first thing you think to describe them?

it's not bad because you describe them that way, I think, it's bad because you've left that as their defining characteristic.

it's been 2 days now and I'm still fully alive so I'd say that was a success

my review of the toothbrush I got from the orthodontist 11 years ago: sparkly! and green! I like these things about it. tasted pretty normal at first but it tasted kinda bad by the end. was yellowy before I put it in my mouth but then I rinsed it off after brushing and the yellow went away? probably the toothpaste was expired, but there was no expiration date on the package, so 🤷 the actual quality of the toothbrush is pretty good tho. brushed well. handle a bit short, but I guess it's made for a child. 3.5/5 stars will update if I have to call poison control

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threw an earwig onto the porch. cat escaped. had to catch cat and bring back inside before the earwig got to the door first. forlorn meowing.

no actually what is wrong with the world that I can see "12 murdered" and go oh only 12? that's not so bad

I'm sorry but I have one draft that I never finished but I laugh every time I see it