Compared to other options the Railcannon doesn't measure up nearly as much as it should when its only caveat is dealing high damage to a single heavy target in a game where you're almost always getting put up against multiple Heavy targets at any given time.

• Orbital Precision Strike: 90 Seconds, high explosive damage AoE, targets where you throw it
• Orbital Gatling Strike: 80 Seconds, explosive damage over time AoE, targets where you throw it
• Orbital Gas Strike: 75 Seconds, explosive damage on impact and damage-over-time AoE, targets where you throw it

And then you've got the Railcannon Strike:

• Orbital Railcannon Strike: 210 Seconds, single target damage, fires at the "largest" target in proximity to the beacon.

The biggest issue with the Railcannon is that sure it can take out something like a single Charger or a Hulk/Tank but then it's dead in the water for THREE AND A HALF MINUTES. Not to mention that other targets like Bile-Titans(Sometimes due to inconsistencies) and Factory-Striders can even tank it as well so if you're dealing with a group comprised of a mix of enemies then you've just used a three minute long Stratagem that didn't even manage to kill a single enemy before going on cooldown. Plus there's always the infamous Scout-StrideDropship priority that sometimes completely wastes the strike on basic medium-tier enemies when much more important targets are nearby...
It's almost always better to take the Precision Strike instead since you can use it more reliably to kill more enemies and damage/kill Heavies twice in the same amount of time that it takes to use the Railcannon once all while hoping and praying the whole time that the Railcannon targets the correct unit and actually takes something of importance out.

Introduction: This is probably the most frequently asked question we get. I wanted to create a guide of how we decide on the optimal strategy.
Digital Media Budget Distribution
According to multiple MMM tools, the optimal budget distribution on average for DTC/Ecommerce brands is:

• Meta: 65%
• Google: 20%
• TikTok: 5%
• CTV, Programmatic, or other digital channels: 10%

Note: These averages vary across industries. Mature brands that have saturated Meta for years may allocate a higher percentage to CTV or other channels for incrementality and reaching new audiences.

When to Use Google

Google should be your primary channel if there is clear search demand for your products and you’re the best option among your competitors.
Indicators:

• Thousands of monthly search queries for phrase match or exact match terms.
• Users are consciously aware of a "problem or need" and actively searching for a solution.
• Your product must stand out within 10 seconds through clear differentiators (best price, substantial social proof, trust signals).

Considerations:

• Google can be stable and predictable but requires time to optimize (6-8 weeks).
• PMAX campaigns often show inflated ROAS due to brand and near-brand search queries.
• For large SKU catalogs, invest time in optimizing product feeds. Quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions significantly impact performance.

Downsides of Google:

• Learning Period: Google takes longer to get out of the learning phase compared to social channels.
• PMAX Campaigns: Be cautious with ROAS metrics as they often include brand search queries.
• Feed Optimization: Necessary for large SKU catalogs to ensure quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions.

When to Use Paid Social (Meta)

Paid Social is versatile and suitable for most use cases, from awareness to retargeting. It is especially effective for brands where customers are problem unaware or solution unaware.
Advantages:

• Effective for most eCommerce products.
• More forgiving on price comparisons if you articulate product value well.
• Requires engaging, educational, and entertaining content to capture attention.

Challenges:

• Need to generate at least $1.5 to $2.0 RPV to scale successfully.
• Requires constant creative refreshes to maintain efficiency (30% loss in 6 weeks, 40% in 10 weeks).

Considerations for Meta

• Creative Strategy: Ads must be compelling enough to stop users' scroll on social platforms.
• Creative Refresh: At moderate scales, ad creatives lose efficiency over time. Budget for regular creative production to maintain performance.

What Does RPV (Revenue Per Visitor) Mean?
This metric indicates how much revenue you generate per unique click/person. Our recommended minimum benchmark to start scaling is $2.00 for most clients. Brands achieving this can typically spend $50K+ per month profitably on ads. Higher RPV values indicate greater scalability and profitability.

• RPV Metrics:
  • $2.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $50K+ ad spend/month (3% CVR, $67 AOV).
  • $4.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $150K+ ad spend/month (4% CVR, $100 AOV).
  • $6.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $300K+ ad spend/month (4.5% CVR, $130 AOV).
  • Higher CVRs can offset lower AOVs and vice versa (e.g., 6% CVR and $35 AOV yields $2.10 RPV).

Other General Advice

• Master one channel before expanding to others.
  • Allocate 20% of your total media budget to new channels once you've achieved consistent results in one area and give it several weeks to optimize.
• Triple-Check Settings for Google
  • Ensure all campaign settings, keyword exclusions, conversion event configurations & attribution windows are accurate.
• Video Content for TikTok
  • Ensure you have consistent, high-performing video content before investing heavily in TikTok.

Conclusion:
Do you agree or disagree with these recommendations? Have any questions for new topics that I should cover or any learnings you've had?

Just little things like the receptionist refusing to call me by my name and calls me Kyle instead of Kyla infront of everyone even tho I confronted him last week and said “(name..) it’s kyla, it’s not kyle. That is not my name”. There’s some shitty jokes that float around like an example “Hey (name) you got a dick don’t ya” “yea” “well then you’re a man” (I forget the comment before that led up to that conversation infront of me) Other examples is one server telling me “hey yk hun it wouldn’t be bad if you gained some more weight, you’re quite skinny & women do tend to have a high percentage of body fat and you could get some more around your butt,hips and what not, may help you look more feminine” (i’m 6,2 and 173 pounds right now? I think that’s an ok weight..) I just said “ok well ik I may never look like a biological women fully and that’s fine with me so”.
Small things like this dig at me a bit throughout the day. I wish most people learned to accept we are who we are & that we exist and you deciding that you believe we aren’t “actual” women isn’t a fucking opinon but its just being a bigoted twat.

So, I made the mistake of not training our boy, Ozzie, bathtime routine when he was a puppy. He's had baths, but only because he NEEDED them and he was too small to do anything about it. (Deep bathtub)
Now, despite being well brushed and having his nails clipped, he is a DUSTY boy. So dusty that it falls off him when I pat his fur. This is not good. He cannot be on the couch like this. He loves the couch and is already highly emotional. He would whine if our elderly chihuahua was allowed up and not him, it'd simply break his little heart.
Currently? He absolutely HATES water, even when it looks like it simply falls off his coat. I think it's mostly the sound thats scaring him, because on his own terms? He's fine with just SLEEPING out in the rain and snow right next to his doggy door that he could go in at any time he would wish.
It's not that I haven't TRIED to get him in the bath. But he's a little bit more muscular than most shepherds because of the fact he's mixed. His body is a rectangle with muscles at his chest, trained especially by my father who, as a grown nearly 6 foot man, wrestles with him regularly.
However, none of us can lift him. Especially not my 5'1 100lb ass. Brute force is a no-go. And, because my dad also trained him that being pushed, snacked in the face, and corralled in anyway is just another form of rough-housing fun-play, trying to pick him up or pull him in there will likely register as a game. (he's a dad, so he thought that if an intruder got in and tried to hit him, it wouldn't be a problem if he absolutely loved it and thought of it as play! And he absolutely loves trying to tackle my dad, and gets kinda disappointed when he's too gentle, so half points?)
He is, however, EXTREMELY food motivated, and I was able to use a pot of leftover macaroni and cheese (he ran out of his favorite treats) to get him to sit and stay in the bathtub, but as he showed down on his treat that I commanded him to eat slowly, I got too hasty, and turned on the water to fill my cup. I have never seen him so conflicted. He looked at the pot, looked back, looked at the pot and jumped out with such force that I knew that if he could speak, he would be giving me a harsh "fuck you!" For tricking him.
Now my dog is dirty, AND so is my bathtub.
The only alternative i can think of is to wait for the hot summer months where he's panting to try and hose-bath him. But that would be quite a few days where he isn't allowed on the couch, and would only be a bandaid and not a real solution.
So, as my family is out of town and I am 1v1 with the sweetest, most food-loving dummy ever, I would love some tips, tricks, and advice! How did you train your buddies? Did you use force? Was it a multiple day-training battle?
Things I won't try (because there's always that one guy) •mean words in a mean tone of voice (he's sensitive) (and I mean ACTUAL mean words, not command-tone) •showing him 'whose boss' (Not a solution) •picking him up •scaring him! I want to try and make bathtime register as fun, the same way my dad did the same for physical stuff. He's a big, sensitive lover, and I don't want his stinkiness to end up putting a bar in our relationship. He's a good boy, especially for a 1yo!

Who we are We are "THE OG" Triglavian group. We are a group of new and veteran players of EVE Online. We are an objective-driven alliance with the goal of healthy alliance culture, and PVP-focused goals. No space is out of our reach for content.  
  What is Pochven? No Caps, No Cynos, it is a sub-cap PvP haven. We have a red skybox that reflects the murderous rage in our hearts. Pochven is a mix of null-sec and wormhole space. No local, but it has gates.
  What We Offer: 🔺Small and Medium Gang PvP (5, 15 to 25+ man fleets) 🔺Small blue list - Means more content for you! 🔺Friendly Supportive Community 🔺Ship Replacement Program (SRP) 🔺0% POCO taxes (Pochven has some of the best PI in the game) 🔺Gatecamps, Roams, Observatory Flashpoint fleets, and many other types of fleets go out weekly. 🔺Blops 🔺outside Pochven content like ESS, WH defenses/sieges, Low/Null Sec roams, Faction Warfare, and more
 
What We Expect: 🔺Omega Status on one toon 🔺 Be on comms with a working mic 🔺 Submit to ESI check 🔺 Be Mature and Respectful  
Why Kyber? Kybernauts Clade alliance has meticulously crafted a robust cultural foundation centered around camaraderie and stable leadership over the years. We elevate individuals who express a passion for content creation and serving fellow members. Our leadership abides by a commitment to fun and objective-driven gameplay, steering clear of power trips and ISK grabs. Every tax you contribute goes back into the alliance for SRP and free ships. Collaborating with groups across New Eden, we adopt a "Who asks us first for help gets us first" approach to content. In the most challenging space CCP has devised, we may not be zkill warriors, but we consistently strive to emerge victorious in the battles we undertake, all while enjoying the experience. https://zkillboard.com/alliance/99010431/  
How to Join join our in-game channel "Kybernauts" or join our Discord to speak with a recruiter.

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Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) closed at $20.94 on May 13, 2024, up 1.65% from the previous trading day. The stock's 14-day RSI stands at 47, suggesting it is currently in a neutral zone. Key support is identified at $20.6, and immediate resistance is at $21.4. The stock's 50-day moving average is $23.15, while the 200-day moving average is $19.05. This indicates that the short-term trend is bearish, given the stock is trading below its 50-day average but still above its 200-day moving average, highlighting an overall long-term bullish trend.
The MACD for the past three months is slightly negative at -0.115602, which implies mild bearish momentum. The Average True Range (ATR) is $5.16, indicating higher volatility. Despite the slightly negative MACD, the proximity to support levels suggests limited downside risk for short-term traders.
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Palantir Technologies Inc. exhibits a high price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 174.5, substantiated by a relatively modest EPS of $0.12. This suggests that the market is pricing in significant future growth. The company's market cap stands at $44.61 billion with a 52-week high of $27.5 and a low of $9.02, indicating substantial volatility over the past year.
The consensus target median price is $14.5, with a high estimate of $35 and a low of $4.5. This discrepancy suggests varied sentiment among analysts regarding future performance.
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I'm so excited to give you my Flirty kitsune script.
If you do plan on making an Audio on either YouTube or Patrion etc. just to let you know You can Monetize it. Just one quick Mention, If you would Credit me as DevilsRose instead of my reddit Username (You can't change usernames on Reddit and I don't want to make a new account) That would be very appreciated. However I also wouldn't mind if you put in the link to the script in the description and would highly appreciate it.
https://scriptbin.works/s/696cw [F4M] Kitsune Barista flirts and comforts you with her tails This is the link to Flirty Kitsune Barista script. Again I hope you like it. There is a Legend for the script incase the speaker gets lost just before the actual script.
Triggers are Optional if you decide to use any in the script. Be creative with it as long as it fits the general and main theme.
I've wrote this script a little over a week ago but dew to some personal matters didn't come back to it. Just made some last minute edits to the script so that it's easier for the speaVA to follow along and speak more organically. Really hope you enjoy the script.

I can't tell you how often I hear people who I consider very intelligent spout the thoroughly disproven myth that the Earth's population is exploding, that we are all going to starve, run out of resources, etc... Before the internet, it was easy to buy into this narrative. However, even then, the idea of overpopulation always had a racist tinge to it. "Those" people are having too many children (meaning the global poor, mostly non-caucasian). The message was clear, if the poor keep having so many babies they'll outcompete and replace us (this is a common theme for bigoted assholes).
Even a cursory examination of the statistics would show that birth rates around the world were already falling even in the early 2000's: https://youtu.be/fTznEIZRkLg?si=l0Uxa62wNxov1jgM
It was hypothesized that as people grew more wealthy (and I don't mean rich, just as they accumulated enough capital to be somewhat free from the cycle of poverty), they began to have less children, because fewer would die during childhood and labor had shifted from heavy agricultural work to less physically demanding jobs. A more modern twist, posited that skyrocketing costs for childcare, housing and education have contributed to this trend.
However, more recent data seems to upend this hypothesis, as a global contraction of birthrate is becoming apparent, even in countries that have not reached the level of financial security where one would predict that people would start to have less children: https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/lancet-dramatic-declines-global-fertility-rates-set-transform
Now, when births per woman are below 2.2 (replacement), the population will begin to decline. For a country with below replacement births, this means that the tax base shrinks as the average age of a citizen of that country increases. This will necessitate increased spending on elder care even as the number of people available to tax decreases. If monetary insecurity is truly a root cause of population decline, then this will only exacerbate the problem.
It's also a problem for capitalism, which is couched in ever increasing consumption. If the number of people available to consume decreases, the economy contracts as well. This is going to wreak havoc on the retirement system of the US especially, since we were sold to financiers by our government, replacing pensions with retirement investments in the stock market. Even if we still had a pension system, the number of people paying into it would decrease, limiting payouts. This is why I have always assumed the following:

1. Social Security will not be available when I retire.
   
2. The government is going to renege on the promises made to us regarding our personal retirement accounts (e.g. the tax free status is likely to go away).
   
3. The government may even take retirement funds from younger generations to pay for the boomers to retire thus continuing a recent trend of fucking over the young.
   

Seems like doom and gloom? Hardly. The fact that the linked article was posted in the Wall Street Journal implies to me that the people who are most worried about this change are our would be corporate overlords. After all, if working age people are scarce, it will be harder to treat them like commodities and pay them subsistence wages. This will directly impact the bonuses executives receive, decimating the private jet, yacht, gated community and vacation house markets.
I think population decline will be the best thing that ever happened to us for one main reason: It is the only thing that can break us out of this current, hollow, exploitative, fiercely individualistic culture that is cheapening our lives and destroying the planet. We are going to have to think long and hard about what it is that we actually want, what makes a life a good life and how we can live responsibly.
I always noticed that in Star Trek: TNG, when the crew would visit other worlds, they were always quite spartan (for cost reasons of course), and I thought this made total sense. These people had access to unlimited technology but used it to live simply and unobtrusively. This is what we need to do.
It's time to start planning how we are going to withdraw from the world and consolidate in smaller, better planned communities. This is going to mean letting some towns and even cities die, letting many simply return to nature, demolishing structures that could become unsafe and clearing out any waste that could contaminate the water or soil if left unattended.
It's also going to mean the end of infinite growth (at least until we get a foothold in space). Before the modern age, the rate of growth per year was something like 0.1%, often times there was no growth. THIS IS FINE! The captains of industry will bemoan the end of the world, but it will be the end of their world, not our World.
Of course, this contraction will also help in our fight with climate change (in the sense that less people consume fewer resources) but it might also make the more expensive options (large scale geoengineering) more difficult to fund. I'm also concerned that a contracting population will lose interest in space exploration and colonization which is, frankly, vital to our survival as a species in the long term.
So, I have mixed feeling about population decline, but for the most part, the future under decreasing consumption, contracting financial markets and fundamental societal reorganization sounds a hell of a lot better to me than a world of ever increasing consumption, corporate oligarchs with ever increasing control and resource wars on a scorching planet.
I'm hopeful we can arrive at the high tech low consumption society of my dreams, and judging by the failure of pro-natal programs, regardless of generosity, to boost birth rates, this transition now seems inevitable.

Introduction: This is probably the most frequently asked question we get when onboarding new clients. I wanted to create a guide of how we decide on the optimal strategy.

Digital Media Budget Distribution

According to multiple MMM tools, the optimal budget distribution on average for DTC/Ecommerce brands is:

• Meta: 65%
• Google: 20%
• TikTok: 5%
• CTV, Programmatic, or other digital channels: 10%

Note: These averages vary across industries. Mature brands that have saturated Meta for years may allocate a higher percentage to CTV or other channels for incrementality and reaching new audiences.

When to Use Google

Google should be your primary channel if there is clear search demand for your products and you’re the best option among your competitors.
Indicators:

• Thousands of monthly search queries for phrase match or exact match terms.
• Users are consciously aware of a "problem or need" and actively searching for a solution.
• Your product must stand out within 10 seconds through clear differentiators (best price, substantial social proof, trust signals).

Considerations:

• Google can be stable and predictable but requires time to optimize (6-8 weeks).
• PMAX campaigns often show inflated ROAS due to brand and near-brand search queries.
• For large SKU catalogs, invest time in optimizing product feeds. Quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions significantly impact performance.

Downsides of Google:

• Learning Period: Google takes longer to get out of the learning phase compared to social channels.
• PMAX Campaigns: Be cautious with ROAS metrics as they often include brand search queries.
• Feed Optimization: Necessary for large SKU catalogs to ensure quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions.

When to Use Paid Social (Meta)

Paid Social is versatile and suitable for most use cases, from awareness to retargeting. It is especially effective for brands where customers are problem unaware or solution unaware.
Advantages:

• Effective for most eCommerce products.
• More forgiving on price comparisons if you articulate product value well.
• Requires engaging, educational, and entertaining content to capture attention.

Challenges:

• Need to generate at least $1.5 to $2.0 RPV to scale successfully.
• Requires constant creative refreshes to maintain efficiency (30% loss in 6 weeks, 40% in 10 weeks).

Considerations for Meta

• Creative Strategy: Ads must be compelling enough to stop users' scroll on social platforms.
• Creative Refresh: At moderate scales, ad creatives lose efficiency over time. Budget for regular creative production to maintain performance.

What Does RPV (Revenue Per Visitor) Mean?
This metric indicates how much revenue you generate per unique click/person. Our recommended minimum benchmark to start scaling is $2.00 for most clients. Brands achieving this can typically spend $50K+ per month profitably on ads. Higher RPV values indicate greater scalability and profitability.

• RPV Metrics:
  • $2.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $50K+ ad spend/month (3% CVR, $67 AOV).
  • $4.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $150K+ ad spend/month (4% CVR, $100 AOV).
  • $6.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $300K+ ad spend/month (4.5% CVR, $130 AOV).
  • Higher CVRs can offset lower AOVs and vice versa (e.g., 6% CVR and $35 AOV yields $2.10 RPV).

Other General Advice

• Master one channel before expanding to others.
  • Allocate 20% of your total media budget to new channels once you've achieved consistent results in one area and give it several weeks to optimize.
• Triple-Check Settings for Google
  • Ensure all campaign settings, keyword exclusions, conversion event configurations & attribution windows are accurate.
• Video Content for TikTok
  • Ensure you have consistent, high-performing video content before investing heavily in TikTok.

Conclusion:
Do you agree or disagree with these recommendations? Have any questions for new topics that I should cover or any learnings you've had?

I got high with my boyfriend off of a vape pen. And I’ve used it many times before but this time I smoked two very long puffs and it absolutely threw me off instantly.
At first I was just numb everywhere and had the happy high then when I got out of the car I was leaning over it and my body froze and I physically couldn’t move (I’ve been high like that before but it just progressively got worse and worse)
He managed to force me to sit down in the car and my body just felt so weird as if my limbs were falling off
As time went by (this whole ordeal lasted about an hour and a half) I started to feel really out of place and had a really bad out of body experience and felt like I was playing a video game. I couldn’t recognize my boyfriend his face kept changing shapes. From geometric to cartoon and it felt like my whole life was a lie and I just now was realizing I’ve been playing a game, which made it so hard to jump back into reality because I couldn’t tell what was real or not and everything was spinning like my boyfriends face was spinning and the background was spinning in a different direction which made it worse. My eyes felt like they were lagging
And on top of that I kept screaming. Like everytime I would try focus on a thought or figure out if this is real life or not and try to separate the two I would feel like I’m falling for a quick second and scream.
My boyfriend has been getting high since he was 14 and he’s now 22 and he said he’s never seen anything like it before and he kept asking to take me to the hospital and I wouldn’t let him because I knew I was just wigging out but I just couldn’t separate or believe that it was real life
I still genuinely am baffled with the experience. It has genuinely spooked me. How can you just forget your whole life ? I kept making him tell me upcoming events or just things that have happened in my life because I couldn’t remember a thing and when I did the feeling would come for a second then disappear as if I’m making it up on the spot
Please can someone explain and or tell me they relate in a way. I need closure

Background: I (21M) recently received news that I didn't get accepted into my dream college, despite working hard and putting in a lot of effort. Instead, I got into a decent institution, which my parents had always seen as a backup option. Throughout my life, my parents have had high expectations for me academically, always pushing me to achieve more, even when I've already done well. This has left me feeling like my accomplishments are never enough and has contributed to a sense of disappointment and frustration.
Story: When I told my parents about not getting into my dream college, they were initially supportive but I could sense their disappointment. They didn't say it outright, but their reactions made me feel like they were blaming me for not trying hard enough. This brought back memories of similar situations in the past, where they would acknowledge my achievements but then follow up with comments like, "You could have done better."
Now, I can't shake off the feeling that I've wasted an entire year of my life working towards something that didn't pan out. It's disheartening to think that despite my efforts, I still fell short of their expectations. I feel like I'm stuck in a cycle of trying to meet their standards but never feeling truly appreciated or validated.
I know that they want the best for me, but I can't help but feel like I've let them down. Am I the asshole for feeling that my parents are putting excessive pressure on me or are my feelings justified given the circumstances?

I’m looking for advice with what to do with my wedding photographewhat is legal and allowed. Backstory - We are getting married in a few weeks in Ontario, Canada. Our friends used the photographer we hired for our wedding and they highly recommended her - she is from out of our area so I’ll need to pay her a travel fee. No one in my area does photography like hers and she was also more affordable than local ones (approx 1500-3000 cheaper). We originally hired her with a second photographer (provided by her) which would total approximately $5300 for 8 hours of coverage for both. She told me I’d need to pay an extra travel fee if I wanted one to leave early/work for less time. Rearranging our itinerary and wedding day, we came to the conclusion that we could use our one photographer for 11 hours instead and it would end up getting us more coverage and would be cheaper based on the pricing she originally sent. I notified her of the change and that we wouldn’t be needing two photographers since it didn’t make sense and I couldn’t justify the price of both for 11 hours. (She previously informed me that her husband is her second shooter) she told me she was out a $300 deposit on her second shooter since I cancelled one - this felt like a lie since her husband is her second shooter. She then quoted me $5700 for the new contract ($900 more than it should’ve been based on her previous pricing). Included in her contract, she requires a 45 minute break OR dinner at the wedding which we are absolutely fine providing. I sent her our wedding day timeline and she responded that she will need extra breaks to pump 4x20minutes each time. One happens to be at the most inconvenient time. I am fine with pumping but I feel it’s unfair to charge me extra when she will be taking extra time to do these things? Do we need to pay her during this time legally?
On top of this, her contract comes with a complimentary engagement session - she moved our photo session date due to illness and booked us for 6 weeks out from our original booked session ~ meanwhile has been doing photography sessions for other people. Normally I wouldn’t mind but we are super close to our wedding date and still haven’t done our engagement sessions - photos I need for the wedding day.
I guess the advice I’m looking for is: do we need to pay for the time she’s using for personal reasons on top of providing a paid break and is it within a contract to increase my price after already giving a deposit? Regardless if we changed amount of time or number of photographers? I am so stressed out and I’m not sure if I should ask for my money back (doubtful) or take the L and hire someone else?? Thank you all

So I just got my real estate license and planned to go to college this fall to major in marketing and economics with a bachelors of science and business administration degree. I am currently a senior in high school and have always deep down wanted to do something in healthcare. I like the idea of working 3 12 hour shifts a week and doing something such as a radiologist or an anesthesiologist. I like that side of the healthcare field because it pays well but it’s not direct surgery or something like that. I am worried that I will have to get the covid vaccine if I do healthcare as my mom lost her job for that in 2021. Do you think the vaccine requirement will come back or other requirements? Should I stick to the business side or jump for radiology or something like that also interest me?

Introduction: This is probably the most frequently asked question we get when onboarding new clients. I wanted to create a guide of how we decide on the optimal strategy.
Background: We're a growth agency, and I previously headed digital paid media and growth for a Fortune 100 company. I started this agency to help smaller businesses and make a positive impact with my learnings and mistakes. I've managed over $500M in ads and my team currently works with 20+ active clients.

Digital Media Budget Distribution

According to multiple MMM tools, the optimal budget distribution on average for DTC/Ecommerce brands is:

• Meta: 65%
• Google: 20%
• TikTok: 5%
• CTV, Programmatic, or other digital channels: 10%

Note: These averages vary across industries. Mature brands that have saturated Meta for years may allocate a higher percentage to CTV or other channels for incrementality and reaching new audiences.

When to Use Google

Google should be your primary channel if there is clear search demand for your products and you’re the best option among your competitors.
Indicators:

• Thousands of monthly search queries for phrase match or exact match terms.
• Users are consciously aware of a "problem or need" and actively searching for a solution.
• Your product must stand out within 10 seconds through clear differentiators (best price, substantial social proof, trust signals).

Considerations:

• Google can be stable and predictable but requires time to optimize (6-8 weeks).
• PMAX campaigns often show inflated ROAS due to brand and near-brand search queries.
• For large SKU catalogs, invest time in optimizing product feeds. Quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions significantly impact performance.

Downsides of Google:

• Learning Period: Google takes longer to get out of the learning phase compared to social channels.
• PMAX Campaigns: Be cautious with ROAS metrics as they often include brand search queries.
• Feed Optimization: Necessary for large SKU catalogs to ensure quality inputs, tagging, and descriptions.

When to Use Paid Social (Meta)

Paid Social is versatile and suitable for most use cases, from awareness to retargeting. It is especially effective for brands where customers are problem unaware or solution unaware.
Advantages:

• Effective for most eCommerce products.
• More forgiving on price comparisons if you articulate product value well.
• Requires engaging, educational, and entertaining content to capture attention.

Challenges:

• Need to generate at least $1.5 to $2.0 RPV to scale successfully.
• Requires constant creative refreshes to maintain efficiency (30% loss in 6 weeks, 40% in 10 weeks).

Considerations for Meta

• Creative Strategy: Ads must be compelling enough to stop users' scroll on social platforms.
• Creative Refresh: At moderate scales, ad creatives lose efficiency over time. Budget for regular creative production to maintain performance.

What Does RPV (Revenue Per Visitor) Mean?
This metric indicates how much revenue you generate per unique click/person. Our recommended minimum benchmark to start scaling is $2.00 for most clients. Brands achieving this can typically spend $50K+ per month profitably on ads. Higher RPV values indicate greater scalability and profitability.

• RPV Metrics:
  • $2.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $50K+ ad spend/month (3% CVR, $67 AOV).
  • $4.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $150K+ ad spend/month (4% CVR, $100 AOV).
  • $6.00 RPV: Profitable scale at $300K+ ad spend/month (4.5% CVR, $130 AOV).
  • Higher CVRs can offset lower AOVs and vice versa (e.g., 6% CVR and $35 AOV yields $2.10 RPV).

Other General Advice

• Master one channel before expanding to others.
  • Allocate 20% of your total media budget to new channels once you've achieved consistent results in one area and give it several weeks to optimize.
• Triple-Check Settings for Google
  • Ensure all campaign settings, keyword exclusions, conversion event configurations & attribution windows are accurate.
• Video Content for TikTok
  • Ensure you have consistent, high-performing video content before investing heavily in TikTok.

Conclusion:
Do you agree or disagree with these recommendations? Have any questions for new topics that I should cover or any learnings you've had?

About me
Hello there, my name is Coach Chesster(Yes, an obvious Chess reference, which is, by far, my favorite game). I've been playing League of Legends since season one, I've experienced everything from full AP Yi one-shotting my entire team to Tryndamere mains spinning around with a needlessly large rod instead of a sword. You could say I've been there during all the important historical moments of the game. I've been at the top of the ladder in Season 6 (Going between high Diamond and Challenger, based on how much time I've had to invest). I've competed in various tournaments, even being able to win a number of them, before I decided to get myself into coaching.
Coaching
I started the entire coaching thing during season 7 when one of my friends asked if I wanted to help him get out of that Diamond 4 hell. Ever since then, I was having a consistent number of sessions on a weekly basis, with my network of people slowly increasing(One of them actually gave me the idea to advertise on Reddit, which I did eventually accept!) I've coached more than 700 individuals ever since I started and I can proudly say I've had more than 500 sessions this year alone! So, if you are looking for someone who is around for more than 5 days actually add me.
Some of my personal coaching achievements include
Getting a player from Silver 1 to Platinum in just 5 weeks
Getting D2 to Masters in 2 weeks
Bronze 1 to Diamond, yes, this one happened as well, though it took slightly more time
Helping Duo players on NA reach Gold(They were actually stuck in Bronze 2 prior!)
Creating a coach from hard-stuck D2 after he got GM
Community
In addition to my services, I am proud to present to you our Educational community, which is steadily growing on a daily basis. Aside from Coaching, it is an amazing place to connect with other people, find friends and talk about the game all of us love and enjoy. Various events are held on a weekly basis, from 1v1 tournaments to Team Contests, with nice rewards being given out! Hint, you might win a free session!
All of our coaches have been vetted and verified, being certain all of you guys get the best service available! Every single one has peaked at least Grandmaster, with a minimum of 250 Coaching Hours to their name.
Discord Community: CLICK HERE

• Upon joining, message me in order to have a Role assigned!

Prices?
Prices for my sessions are negotiable and I can guarantee, they fall onto the affordable part of the specter!
My coaching sessions are oriented and tailored to each student's specific needs, and they do cover everything from theory to live coaching, in-game mentality, etc.

Hello everyone!
We've been working on a new app, and could really use your help to test it out!
Here’s what it’s all about:

• Voqab is a language self-learning app
• You add your own words and phrases at your own pace
• We provide language-specific learning games

Here are the key features:

• Word Bank: Manage words with properties like translation, transliteration (auto-romanization supported for Asian languages), audio, word class, gender, tone, and more.
• Sentence Bank: Add sentences with translations, get cross-linked words, sentence analysis and auto-translation based on the words in word bank.
• Learning Games: Flashcard reviews, typing trainer, cloze deletion tests, and language-specific games (for select languages).
• Statistics: Track your vocab growth, review progress, and typing speed.
• Mastery System: Tiered progress for long-term learning.

Currently, the app is mainly tailored to Asian languages, with extensive support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai. There is also extensive support for Estonian, and basic support for English, German, Russian, Spanish and Arabic.
You can request support for a new language, but please understand that for new languages, we'll go by popularity, since supporting a new language properly takes quite a lot of time and effort.
And just as not to mislead anyone: This is not an app with curated courses like Memrise or Duolingo, nor is it a purely flashcard-based app such as Anki.
With Voqab, we're trying a novel and unique approach: You add your own words as you're learning them using other sources such as books, YouTube videos or other apps, but the app uses the best spaced-repetition algorithm available (FSRS 4.5) based on the latest research and will help you memorize these words much more effectively.
Additionally, the app knows a lot about the language you're learning, and it will be able to give you automatic links to relevant online dictionaries, suggest an automatic romanization for Asian languages, understand particles for select languages and show them in sentence analysis, provide language-specific learning resources and help you getting a good feel for the language using the typing trainer, cloze deletion test, word quiz and tiered mastery system.
Join the beta and help us make it awesome! https://testflight.apple.com/join/b0f8LlYm
Please leave your feedback, feature requests and bug reports in the comment section, and we hope you have a great time testing Voqab!

This thread has been my comfort zone for a long time. I would come here and read all the posts of people who have been struggling to find a job, just like I did. My personal story is not unique to this thread, where there are probably countless stories like mine. To give some context: I'm an international student (migrant 🥲) in the UK. I have studied here for 5 years at a good university that is part of the Russell Group. I completed both my master's and bachelor's degrees with high 2.1 grades. During my university years, I had a couple of internships and some work experience in a pub. Despite my qualifications and experience, finding a graduate position was incredibly challenging.
I'll be honest, in the beginning, I wasn't really applying for jobs. My daily application rate was low, and my self-esteem suffered as I had no idea how to do it properly. What kept me going was the motivation that if I didn't do it, I would fail to live up to what my parents had provided for me. My go-to tool became a chat GTP for cover letters, tailored CVs, and sometimes interview preparations.
Out of all the interviews I had, 70% led to nothing. I applied to more than 600 jobs during this period, got around 20 interviews, and only 3 led to second/final round interviews. Interestingly, those 3 interviews that led me to the next stage came from "Quick apply" postings, which said "send your CV and Cover letter to this email." I would advise others to pay attention to the "quick apply" posts. The first company that invited me for an in-person interview was great and had interesting people. They even covered my transportation costs. However, they sent me a rejection on Sunday via an automatic reply. This devastated and demotivated me for at least a week. I wished they had sent me a personalized rejection on Monday, especially since they had brought me to the final round. On top of that, in the email, they said they would be happy to provide feedback if I requested it, but when I did request feedback, no one ever got back to me.
Just before that, I directly contacted a company called Prohibition Partners through their info email. They contacted me back and I had an interview with one of the Data Analysts. They seemed happy with me and asked me to do a research project on the Weed market in Canada to see how I can conduct market research. I completed the research and was told they would review it and get back to me, but I was ghosted.
The last interview was nice, and I got it through "Quick apply," where it said to send the CV and Cover letter directly to the recruiter's email address. The phone screening went well, and the interview stage went well too, but unfortunately, they went with a more qualified and experienced candidate.
After half a year, I finally got something - an internship that I received through a cold emailing, and I hope they will give me a returning offer afterward.
How was this whole job search experience? It was fucking horrible. I hated the repetitive workdays and fucking workday website, the same typical questions everywhere, and the re-typing of information from my CV that was already provided in the CV. It felt like they shouldn't ask for a CV if they're just going to ask for the same information again. The whole job market feels insane right now. However, stay strong, there is a chance, but you never know where it's going to come from.

I posted a few days with steps for finding purpose at our age group. It had a LOT of great responses and follow up suggestions (plus a few batshit accusations/observations, that's Reddit for you).
I made a TikTok today about life design. I grew up with 90% of my family being drug addicts or in jail. I moved 16 times by the time I was 17, I failed out of high school and college. I moved out at 17 and moved out of state by 19. I had to figure it out on my own. Life is a challenging teacher.
Today I have a PhD, live in my dream apt with floor to ceiling windows, own two companies, and havent had a boss in 8 years. I wrote 12 books and have complete time freedom. I'm not Scrooge Mcduck rich, but comfortable.
Here is how to create the life you want:
Remember one core philosophy: You control your education, fitness level, relationship status, income, job, and where you live. ALL of these can be adjusted. At ANY age.
Most miserable people don't practice self leadership.
They get up and are reactive vs proactive. They have given up on a vision of who they could be.
Never stop dreaming (ex: Willy Wonka, tap into creativity)
Today I woke up at 430am, after I type this out, Ill be at the gym by 630am. Ill then go run, and start my work day at home by around 8:15am. Ill issue a press release for a Hollywood actor in Cobra Kai, create some PR content, and do some media pitches for clients. I'm going to sign up for a free PR cert online that will take 4 days, then Ill go to a business meetup tonight to catch up with friends.
Just by living like this, I tap into 5/6 of the areas above. This is how growth happens.
If you feel unfulfilled in life, here is how to design better: Health/Fitness
Eat more greens, exercise or walk 3x a week, journal or sketch for mental health, get outside more
Relationships
Reduce time on the dating apps, use Meetup.com to find events in your area, make a friend list and actively rotate and support your friend group
Education
Sign up for local classes or take free online courses at MIT/Harvard/Coursera
Income Create a course, write an Ebook, start a paid membership site, teach workshops, do consulting, write a paperback, create an event, develop a skill online and sell it. The internet gives you access to the world. Use it.
Job
I created my dream job. I had ZERO experience and none of my degrees are in my field. Once you nail down what you LOVE doing, you can create a business model around it. If you have a desired career and want to work for someone, Monster.com, placement agencies, and Linkedin is a great way to find it. Don't work for money, work for satisfaction.
I hope this resonates with many of you. Life design is not nearly as hard as people think. Doing the work takes effort, but over time you can live MUCH, MUCH better by simple planning.
Got tips for life improvement? Share below~! Got complaints or criticisms? Share them with your dog.

I’ve been competing in an online tournament this month and bought a cheap measuring stick from Walmart. It does the job, and has 1/4” measurements, but after using it I can 100% see the value in buying a nice quality one such as the Ketch Board. The cheap one I got does not have good contrast and has glare, so the numbers are not easy to get in a photo unless the angle and lighting is right, and it’s perfectly flat as opposed to the curved edges like the ketch has so the fish slides around if the stick is not perfectly flat. I’m a bank fisherman so this may not apply as much to someone on a boat or kayak.
Also something to hold the written tournament identifier code would be super helpful too!
My first time doing this so wanted to share with others who might compete in an online tournament. Get the Ketch Board to start and find a way to display your identifier quickly and easily would be my suggestion! Or at minimum, get something with 1/4” increments and a HIGH contrast between the board and its numbers. Several online tourneys only approve the Ketch also so you might as well start with it! I wish I would’ve!

22m, been single my whole life and never got to experience or find the right person to be in a relationship with. Sometimes I feel how wrong I am that love is not real, I’ve been working, talking to my online friends and hardy socializing outside bc I don’t drive or I’m very anxious and get super nervous trying to talk to people. My friends all told me that I’m very young and you have all the time in the world, but I’m afraid that I’m gonna miss out on things, even around this age I get super jealous because I feel lost and lonely because I want to find love, I shouldn’t rush finding it bc love is something when you least expect it. Maybe it’s better being single and not finding love, if it doesn’t exist to me then I’m just better than anyone else who has been in love or fell in love. I regret saying it I really do, I don’t wanna give up I still believe that it will happen one day.