Aha! I finally got rid of that popcorn kernal that's been plaguing me.

[conuly]

This calls for a celebration!

Quick, I'll buy more popcorn!

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Comments

[gale_storm]

Hmmm... Popcorn brings to mind a bearcat's bottom. :-]

[conuly]

?

[gale_storm]

A bearcat, or binturong, which is neither a bear nor cat, has a peculiar scent, or it's peculiar because nobody expected it to smell like a movie theater.

Check it here:

https://www.mic.com/articles/140840/the-bearcat-is-a-real-animal-and-it-smells-like-buttered-popcor

...or here:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/01/27/why-your-popcorn-smells-like-a-bearcats-butt/

[gale_storm]

Oh, and my response had nothing to do with any stories you've linked to, but only the popcorn kernel you referred to up top. So!

[conuly]

Fascinating!

[jhetley]

Raspberry seeds are as bad as popcorn.

[conuly]

For me it's always popcorn.

[greghousesgf]

the former owners of my apt bldg were trying to make it one of those families only places so they kept trying to get me to move because I don't have kids. I outlasted the fuckers.

[conuly]

Do you live with multiple other adults?

[greghousesgf]

nope. I have one roomie but he didn't live here then. they just didn't like single women with no kids.

[conuly]

So how is that relevant to this article, which is about zoning laws that impact families with multiple adults that are not formally related by blood, marriage, or adoption?

[greghousesgf]

I thought it had relevance because it referred to some authority not liking how somebody lived and who they did or did not live with and trying to get rid of them. Guess not. Sorry if I bothered you.

[conuly]

I don't think they could've used the law to force you out anyway - having/not having children is tangentially a protected class. If you can't ban families with children (unless it is a senior home) you can't do the reverse.

[greghousesgf]

that's probably true. they were always trying to make up some excuse to try to get rid of me anyway.

[spikethemuffin]

I literally laughed out loud at that. I feel we have much in common.

[conuly]

It was there for way too long.

[adafrog]

Yay!
lol

[zesty_pinto]

The cycle continues.

[conuly]

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself, honestly.