Michael W. Twitty also talks about this complicated situation in his book The Cooking Gene.
You talking about it as well as Twitty's writing have definitely helped me to move away from me original "I can't believe anyone would ever do that" mindset.

Why are all of these people so weird in the most boring way possible?

Every single conversation I heard in San Francisco was the most San Francisco thing.

Just because you personally "adopt Santa as a tradition without any religious celebration" doesn't change anything about Santa being a incredibly Christian symbol.

I need Mild and Spicy on card to keep on my desk as work so my coworkers know what mood I'm in before they talk to me. Like the meat/no meat things at Fogo.

Those are so cute! I might need them too.

We're doing ours in a couple of weeks, I'm planning a charcuterie board for each movie and I have the Lego Balrog book nook to build while we watch.

I have printed out a screenshot of this post and taped it to an index card to keep in my teeth care drawer to remind me to floss.

The number of times I have had to tell my zoomer coworker to forward me the email so get the attachments is more than I would like

Claddagh coffee does gift cards.
Subtext books.

Happy to come along and help with this research

Well I tried to take a cute picture of the opened box displaying the earrings with the cat in her bat wings but the other cat thought they were a new toy for her.

I've started picking up heavy things about my feelings when it gets to be a lot (weight lifting).

His music is so incredible.
I saw him live last year and it's one of the few times I've cried at a show.