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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I’ve seen all kinds.

    Some will instantly change the lights and give cars a red.

    Some will trigger the lights after a period of time - maybe synced to another traffic light, or a timer so it doesn’t change too quickly/often.

    Some won’t actually cause the lights to change any sooner, but pressing the button will cause the chirping sound to play for people with visual impairments when the light finally changes.

    And sometimes they’re broken and trigger the lights even when nobody pushed it. Those are fun when you’re driving a car.








  • Nope. I think it’s mostly a dead idea.

    My mom is still hoarding (for me) a set of fine china dishes I inherited from my grandmother. They’re really nice.

    But what am I going to do with them? Add specific furniture to my too-small home to store them so I can pull them out for certain dinner parties? We barely host for dinner anymore, and when we do, we keep it casual.

    I think china cabinets go along with a whole bunch of social niceties that were important in the 20th century and have since withered.