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What Grinds Our Gears: Potlucks
January 23, 2024Who doesn’t love getting invited to parties? Drinking, catching up with friends, what isn’t there to love? I’ll tell you: when the invite says “potluck.” It may seem dramatic but this one requisite can alter your view of going out forever. How do you know what to bring? You wanna bring something safe — not so safe it’s basic — but safe enough that everyone will eat it. You also wanna bring something in the same price range as everyone else. Imagine the awkwardness when you pull up to a party and you see sushi, pasta, and baked chicken, and…
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Spaces you don’t think about cleaning — but should
November 30, 2023Cleaning is not limited to visible spaces. Dust resides in dark corners, people, and you won’t know until one day you decide to lift your blinds to find a strip of dirt on your windowsill. Is it dirt? Is it…
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Sick of [and in] school
November 30, 2023As I sit here writing this, my throat begs me to clear it, my skin sweats and chills in five-minute intervals, and my voice scratches like a penny rattling in a jar. I have three papers due next week, and,…
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What Grinds our Gears: A hate letter to my Wi-Fi stick
November 30, 2023Have you ever wanted to play a game, only to realize it would take you three whole days to download said game? Hopefully not. My Wi-Fi stick does, though. And I don’t want to hear that I can just try…
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What Grinds our Gears: Poorly constructed scientific papers
November 30, 2023I’m a grad student in STEM. I know — it’s my own doing, and there’s no one to blame but myself for having to read overly complicated scientific papers every week. What annoys me is not the act of reading,…
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Why am I paying for parking when there are no spots
November 28, 2023I am not a fan of parking lots in the slightest, but especially when it comes to the stress of SFU parking lots. Why is it nearly impossible to find parking anywhere on campus? The East Lot is MASSIVE, the…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Forgetting Leftovers in the fridge
November 28, 2023I absolutely adore leftovers. The exquisite joy of eating the same delicious meal more than once and not having to make anything is the ultimate win. I love leftovers so much, I look forward to eating them even more the…
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Horribly installed illegal headlights
November 28, 2023What’s with all the blazing car headlights in recent years? Many of us have noticed, newspapers have written about it, and, shocker, people have crashed as a result of them. For the longest time, I thought half the drivers during…
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Bright-er side: The rain
November 22, 2023When we enter the fall season, everyone starts grouching about the weather. It’s “too rainy,” it’s “too dark,” and it’s “too cold.” I, for one, have had enough of these complaints. I’ve always liked our gloomy, rainy city, and I’m…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stepping on leaves that don’t crunch
November 7, 2023It’s fall: the season of dying leaves and see-saw temperatures. I’m already running late to my class before I see a leaf, brown and all curled up. The perfect leaf. I expect it to be crispy, to crumble like fresh…
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