How To Be Less Old

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Do You Have a Fine Shyt?

Do You Have a Fine Shyt?

And let's get micropetty together!

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Emily Freda Foster
Mar 11, 2025
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Here are some dazzling things I learned this week on this journey I call life!

First up! Looks like Sour Patch Kids got the Nutter Butter memo and have lost their damn minds on TikTok:

Kudos to their psychotic social team for the entertainment. Nutter Butter still wins for absurdist art, but this above take on TikTok cooking is definitely an enjoyable watch. #patcherole

Next: Remember how Amy Coney Barrett was like “Roe v. Wade, who needs that?!” and voted to overturn it? Well, apparently she’s not making MAGA happy right now and they are overturning her tush on social. She’s even being called a DEI appointee, wait for it, by political activist, conspiracy theorist (and apparent Petty Betty) Laura Loomer. A lady.

Let’s remember that supreme court justices are here to uphold the CONSTITUTION, not the whims of Trump or MAGA. Oh wait, I do think we’ve forgotten all about that silly old scroll in recent weeks (unless you bring up guns). Send help! 🙃

Speaking of petty, I was just hipped to the trend of micropettiness, which feels correct for these times. These are just small, tiny acts of petty. A sprinkle, if you will, that is not designed to actually make anyone feel bad, in fact they shouldn’t even notice, but it should make you feel good!

Here are some of my favorite examples from the TikTok:

  • One woman really disliked a male coworker who she felt didn’t value her, so in every email she sent she would type his name in slightly smaller font than the rest of her words. 💀

  • A barista who dislikes a rude customer makes the executive decision to use decaf espresso in his latte instead of the regular one he ordered. ☕

  • Setting your partner’s Netflix account to child mode. 👶

I’m not exactly clear where the line is between micropettiness and a harmless prank. I’m going to out myself here, but here we go! Just about once a month I log into a friend’s …

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