Until you hear:

"Wow. I wished for one of these every Christmas, never got one. We were too poor."

Ah, yes... memories...

Finding a drink of water is now a life pro tip.

I have the cutlery drawer topmost, utensils in a drawer below. I'm in the cutlery drawer about 5-10x as much as the utensil drawer. Not that it's particularly important. I never even gave it second thought before.

Die alone?

I think many people are afraid of functioning alone. I see guys my age who have been married three, four times. They couldn't fry an egg or clean a toilet to save their lives.

Here's how I've learned to do it after 30 years of opening and closing the silverware drawer for every fork and spoon that I put away (Not really. Who actually does that?):

Put all the things in one drawer away, then put all the things in the other drawer away. LIFE CHANGING!

Apartments are something of a crap shoot. You may have fantastic neighbors or really terrible ones.

Be kind to your neighbors, even if they're dicks. If someone is playing music until late at night, fighting, making noise, stinking up the building with cooking, the most you can do is say something to them, but use tact. Being on good terms with them will go a long way. Don't threaten or try to retaliate. Deal with it the best you can.

Right. We don't know anything about the context.

Someone saying something like "Back when Mom was alive, we'd have Christmas dinner at my parents' house." That requires no response.

On the other hand, someone saying "I still can't believe Mom has been gone for thirty years. Seems like only yesterday." might be looking for a little sympathy.

Jar of sauce and some noodles? Just think of what you can get for a steak and a baked potato.

If you have a regular bartender (or several) in your local watering hole, they're probably hooking you up. A free drink every once in a while, or maybe they forget to add one or two to your tab. Tip them well. A little Christmas bonus can also be a nice gesture that will be well appreciated.

It is what it is. If you don't like it, stay home and drink by yourself in your depression cave.

Does "goodwill" (or "good will") on a date translate into a little something something?

I fill out my ballot at home, as do tens of millions of Americans.

I have a rug in front of my sink. Comfy on my bare feet, soaks up small splashes.

It really depends on the person. Giving tools to the typical middle aged guy would be a little like giving a frying pan to a woman. Maybe they could use it, but probably not.

A set like that would be a nice gift for a young woman in college or someone getting out of the house and into their own apartment for the first time.

I want the box for when I sell the cellphone in a year.

Hell, I have boxes (that I will use some day) for items I that bought ten years ago, and some are many times the size of a cellphone box.

Yeah. Good luck on your test.

You just need something interesting to talk about, something intelligent to say, and a bit of personality.

Unfortunately, 99.9999% of the population fails the last two criteria.