I know I already don’t like compliments but I especially don’t like compliments I can’t do anything with. “Nice pen” what am I supposed to say? “Thanks I paid money for it?”

When someone is complimenting an owned item, a few things you can go with are "thanks! I got it at [store]!" or "yes, isn't it cool? I got it on a great deal!" or "thank you! I found this gem at a thrift store/it used to belong to x/I inherited it from x". Even if it's some story you think is inconsequential, that's not really the point, the point is small talk, which an inconsequential story can provide

I experienced something like this just yesterday at work, funny enough also involving a pen. I signed a form to change my hours and handed my boss the pen, and as she signed it she said, “Oh my god, your pen is so nice.” I laughed and said, “Thanks. I’ve been using the same kind for years because it’s a simple design and comfortable.” She was like, “That’s so cool. When you find something you like, you stick with it.”

Reblog if you have used dude as a non gender specific term.

where I grew up in California not only is “dude” generally non-gender-specific, half of the time it doesn’t even refer to a person at all.

I said it to a faucet today. 

Having also grown up in California, I can attest that dude can be anything. Males are dude. Females are dude. My phone is dude. That cat over there, it is dude. The green light that only lasts long enough for 1 car to pass is dude. I have called my hair “dude”. I have called my coffee maker “dude”. The entire population of the world, and all of their belongings, are all dude.

Yup, in California basically everyone and everything is a dude.