YAS! I'M DOING MY CROSS-STITCH AND IT'S WICKED AWESOME! DO STUFF! PET DOGS! PET MORE DOGS!
... then going to gym class and having the PE teacher mock you for not doing laps fast enough while you're worrying about your "pad" either chafing or going on walkabout...
My classmates just used unholy amounts of toilet paper, like the almighty intended.
What's up, chicken butt?
We debated diapers for after my partner's colonoscopy, because we weren't sure what to expect. We decided against them, but he did sit on a puppy pee pad the rest of the day.
It's things like this that keep me using an ad blocker. I was researching when sunflowers develop their seeds, for crying out loud. Edit: this was on Opera. It's.. fine.
Thankfully, I've not heard of that around here. The public library I worked at was chill about everyone visiting, including several people I'd consider "problems": dude that always sat next to the teen section and complained the teens were loud while being louder than any teen, and other dude that would sit in the middle of a row of public computers and turn off the ones on either side because she didn't want to sit next to anyone else.
The only time we kicked anyone out was when someone was vaping. The only time someone got banned was when they were racist in response to being told they couldn't vape in the library.
ETA: "around here" is suburban New England
And you don't have to wind onto them--just sort of stretch the skein over it
Embrace it. I have a bumper sticker with a rainbow unicorn on it that says "stay weird". Have had it for at least half a year now.
Have you tried the new Heinz pickle-flavored ketchup?
ALL HOUSE CRITTERS ARE BADASS! YOU PET THAT HOUSE PANTHER UNLESS IT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO. SOME HOUSE PANTHERS ARE PERSNICKETY LIKE THAT.