The Reverend Tracy

28/01/2024

Fact: We have fundamental problems in America that is resulting in Millennials simply not being able to obtain housing

So, no, it's STILL not because we supposedly spend too much on Starbucks and Amazon.

This doesn't even touch on the issues that would probably come up if they were willing to sell (like being able to find smaller homes themselves).

Baby boomers are refusing to downsize, in part because they're not incentivized to. And it's starting to really hurt their kids and grandchildren.

16/12/2023

Get 'em if ya haven't got 'em yet!

10/12/2023

To the store clerk who seriously couldn't handle this:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

27/11/2023

It's holiday music season!

Here's a throwback to a video I made last year about my LEAST favorite Christmas song.

33 likes, 12 comments. “For as long as I can remember this song has either creeped me out or grossed me out 😆 So this is my silly tribute to that 🎅”

26/11/2023

I don't know who needs to hear this... Apparently a lot of people since this has happened TWICE in the same week for me, but seriously

STOP👏TOUCHING👏OTHER👏 PEOPLE'S👏BABIES👏

ESPECIALLY during cold/flu/RSV season...

I'm considering carrying a sq**rt bottle into stores, folks...

25/11/2023

Just... no... What is wrong with people? 🤢

I don't know who needs to hear this, but they sell strainers at the Dollar Store.

23/11/2023

I fixed it 😁

Inspired by @$$holes trolling a post where a mom showed she was buying a Tofurkey for her vegetarian son.

23/11/2023

Oh man ... I have no words ... 🤢

21/11/2023

"Take this job and shove it." -Pluto

21/11/2023

Taste the rainbow

18/11/2023

It's pretty big news 👀

16/11/2023

Butterball also has a calculator tool on their website.

12/11/2023

On this episode of The Reverend Ruins Christmas, A Fact:

Decorating Christmas trees was taken from pagans and was considered a magic ritual/witchcraft that was believed to protect the house from evil spirits and keep family safe. The ritual even required that the tree should be a fir or a pine.

Happy Holidays!

26/10/2023

It makes no sense to fight both gun reform AND access to healthcare for all. Pick one.

28/04/2023

Noooope! 🚫🙅👎

24/04/2023

As seen on TEMU

13/03/2023

Just gonna put this out there...

I went to SEVERAL drag shows while living in Portland and (aside from a flirtatious joke to pick on someone playfully - which was pretty much the EXACT same bit I would pull as a flirty 20's flapper when I'd do my "lap sitting" bit for Murder Mystery Theatre) NONE of them have been overtly sexual. It's mostly people dressed in the recognizable drag style (make-up/showy dresses/etc) either lip-syncing, singing, dancing, or doing stage bits displaying talent.

Oh, AND IT'S NOT EVEN EXCLUSIVE TO MEN btw!!! I was approached a few times asking if I would be interested in entertaining in a drag show and saw MANY female-bodied Drag Queens.

I feel like it's people who just don't know any better (because they've never attended one or spoken to someone who has) who think Drag = Burlesque... They are NOT THE SAME. Honestly? I've seen more sc****ly clothed little girls in beauty pageants than I have sc****ly clothed drag queens...

Fun fact - child beauty pageants are illegal in France and punishable with up to 2 years in prison.

If you're not outraged and protesting and calling to make these beauty pageants illegal (or at least some of these aspects that ACTUALLY ARE sexualizing little girls) let's be real, it's not the children you care about...

05/03/2023

That's starting pay and leaving out the other benefits they get, which includes:

👉Six weeks of paid vacation a year
👉Life insurance
👉One year paid maternity leave
👉Pension plan

Oh, and like all Danes, they enjoy universal medical insurance and paid sick leave.

05/03/2023

This clip has had some pretty great captions. Decided to make my own 😆

04/03/2023

It mostly worked like a pre-pregnancy filter 😆

22/02/2023

"Erik Millstone, an expert on food additives, claimed that such additives are “almost certainly” causing avoidable illnesses, such as cancer, in Americans.

But potassium bromate isn’t the only potentially toxic chemical in our store-bought products. Other substances banned in Europe and allowed in the US are titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, azodicarbonamide and propylparaben."

Everyone loves bread, but it could be a silent killer — and not for the reason you’d think.

21/02/2023

KEY POINTS

➡️ Motivation often dwindles once confronted by the challenges in the real world.
➡️ The processes of psychological flexibility are effective at helping people pursue their commitments.
➡️ Ask yourself if you are willing to commit, without being defensive, to experience reality and create behavior that reflects your values.

One question to boost your motivation.

18/02/2023

TL;DR: Articles implying that it's cheaper to eat take out every night are BS when you consider simpler/easier options for nightly meals, but even replicating a "cheap" fastfood meal is less expensive to make at home.

Random thought experiment/vent:

So... I keep seeing articles about how supposedly it is cheaper for people to eat out (every night was what's being implied) than buy ingredients (especially singles). I was ignoring them at first but curiosity of this trend in headlines finally got me...

And I'm calling BS.

I haven't always been in a couple... But one of the things that helped me break out of being broke all the time was home cooking. Especially cooking extra of things and freezing them. Beans and rice, dump soups, pasta sauces, getting salad fixings, etc. Even before I changed over to only cooking plant-based at home (which has saved me even more money), it was still a life saver for me to cook my own food, keeping a somewhat simple diet. I could even afford to go out to (better) places occasionally due to the savings.

I read some of these articles and many are explaining that they are basically getting ingredients to replicate dishes at chains (one example was the steak bowl at Chipotle).

So, I'm sitting her going "Well, no s**t, man... If your expectation is set on having steak bowls every night, yeah... That's gonna be expensive."

And as far as other comparisons, I still have to disagree that eating at McDonald's every night is cheaper than getting patties, buns, basic fixings, and frozen fries to have several nights of burgers...

Pulling up a grocery app right now, I can get burger fixings for 8 for about $30 including buns, frozen patties, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, Kraft slices (16 of them so twice as much as you'd need or use 2 slices on that puppy!), frozen fries (which has 11 servings so you can save some of those bad boys to make next week cheaper or just have double fries), and ketchup (for your initial investment - good news is this'll last you a while).

Meanwhile... And I literally downloaded the McDonald's app to check this... To get 8 quarter pounders with cheese tallies to ~$52... Not 8 combos, just 8 sandwiches. No fries no nothing... So that extra $20 could easily get you the pickles I missed when trying to build it myself and a 12 pack of soda if you "need" that nightly and you'd still have pickles for the next time you do a burger week (which if you know how to store food, you wouldn't have to commit to 8 nights in a row of burgers - most of those things will keep in the fridge or freezer and my tally had 2 tomatoes so if you're only wanting to do 4 burger nights a week, just get one, etc).

I dunno... This type of trend in reporting bugs me so much I NEEDED to do the thought experiment to make sure I'm not going crazy... Feels like they're just saying this to convince people that eating fast food is the best way to save money when they're really just giving money to fast food corporations...

Oh and btw this isn't factoring other costs that come with maintaining a poor diet consisting mostly of convenience/processed foods (health expense wise, etc).

I'll stick with my beans and rice, pastas, etc and keep my treat food as treat food... I love me a Wendy's Burger sometimes, but I don't need it every night.

16/02/2023

The Bottom Line:

This new brain health study found that education level, income, race and depression status, in tandem with healthy lifestyle habits, play a surprisingly large role in the potential development of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

Learn more about a new brain health study that suggests socioeconomic factors and mental health may be among the dementia risk factors we need to keep top of mind.

15/02/2023

KEY POINTS

❤️ Valentine's Day can be viewed as an opportunity to be more intentional and make a deeper commitment to one's relationship.
❤️ Even happy couples can easily fall into unsatisfying routines or patterns.
❤️ Vocalizing appreciation for one's partner can help sustain the relationship in times of stress.

Simple yet effective techniques to build a strong, lasting relationship.

13/02/2023

"Starbucks customer finesses free drink by pretending to have placed mobile order"

There's already a word for this: stealing

So we're just... Condoning this now? I don't care if it's a big chain or a mom & pop shop - IMHO it's still wrong AF

Anyone retorting that "Starbucks can afford it" is simply validating behavior they KNOW is wrong.

A Starbucks customer showed how she 'finessed' free drinks at two different New York City locations, sharing her method on TikTok.

12/02/2023

I love that even though I KNOW it's a body suit being made, the needle putting the hairs in the ni**le still makes me cringe 😂😬