My new car is very expensive to repair because its design is so complex that its parts are difficult to access and replace. Its hundreds of electronic parts are also flimsy and they decide to shit the bed once a year. My old car was simple but functional and ridiculously easy to repair even without a mechanic, but now I need to send my car to someone who basically specialises in fixing my death machine on wheels.
Social media is awful now. No platform is focused on real people anymore, it's all ads and celebrities and "content" which is the same across platforms and designed to make you mad/sad/scared enough into clicking. Everyone on the web just seems a lot dumber and meaner now too. I haven't enjoyed social media or the internet in years, it's as if real people left long ago and I've been talking to bots since around 2015.
Software is shit. I hate invasive autocorrect and "suggestions" to my writing. I hate two-party authentication, I hate everything about Microsoft office. I hate every bell and whistle that is intended to make my experience better but only serves to get in my damned way. I hate that google images is virtually unusable now because it shows so much unrelated shit and AI stuff now. I hate paying for multiple streaming subscriptions.

Pretty simple, trying to get an Owncast server on an Ubuntu machine up & running. Can stream locally but not outside my home network. I have checked their documentation but it doesn’t help much & ppl on YouTube I tried Owncast on the recommendation of have told me they got stuck on the same step & just abandoned it.
$50 usd for (I can’t see this taking longer than an hour or 2 for anyone a little more knowledgeable on it or just streaming/port forwarding in general) anyone who can jump on AnyDesk & make it work.

I own a 2020 Nissan Altima 2.5 SR AWD, about 156k miles (it's my work/travel car hence the high interstate miles) that when the ac is on my car begins to look like it's going to overheat. I haven't let it get to the red zone. The needle generally sits about 1/3 as usual, but today it moved over to maybe 5/8 of the way so I pulled over and shut the car off, quickly googled and decided to try again on max heat as I read- everything went completely normal. Until I decided to try ac because it was 80° out and same thing happened a few minutes in. The car still drives fine, and no visible issues. There was never any smoke coming from the hood. I shut it off before it got worse (if it was to), Oil looks normal (just had it changed 3k miles ago), plenty of coolant in the container, there's no loud noises, no leaks of any I can find, and I know it's not a gasket. Also, no check engine light ever illuminated. I'm supposed to get it checked tomorrow at firestone.
I'm thinking maybe thermostat or a coolant sensor or something as simple as a coolant change? Firestone did tell me at 125k Miles I should get coolant changed- I just assumed it was a sales gig.

I got diagnosed with a hypertonic floor after a bout of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. This happened about 6 months ago. Since I have had constant pain in my vagina, in the beginning I was unable to do anything without this pain, it even hurt when I was lying down and simple things like sitting in the car would even be painful. Now after 4 months of pelvic floor physio doing internal release I have gotten a lot of the pain down however I do still feel a lot of tightness down there and I am definitely unable to have penetrative sex or exercise at this point. I want to know if anyone has been through something similar and if I can ever go back to a life where I can have sex like normal people as well as be active again (when I say active I mean hiking, dancing, running etc… I was very active before). I am getting pretty depressed about this situation. My mental health is hanging on by a thread and I’ve also developed a subsequent eating disorder throughout this - I imagine it probsbly has to do with it being the only thing in my life I can control right now… I feel like my physio isn’t very good at reassuring me my life will be normal again. I just want to know I’ll be able to enjoy sex and exercise again. Anyone who knows about this please let me know your thoughts

I relive the same day.
I've never heard of the Glitch of The Matrix until TikTok, and here's my story. I noticed this started when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade and has happened 100+ times since.
It usually starts in my dreams; the first one I remember clearly is when I went to school. My teacher wore a blue dress with white polka dots, and I couldn't see her face. I ended up in trouble, and she put me at a table by myself; a kid and his mom (I couldn't see her face) passed out a snack for his birthday and had a vanilla cupcake with rainbow sprinkles. My brother was wearing a green sweater, and it was hot that day in Denver. He complained about the heat when he got in the car.
When I woke up, I went to school. My teacher was gone, and we had a substitute teacher so that's why I couldn't see her face in my dream. She was in a blue dress with white polka dots. I got in trouble; she put me at the table. A kid and his mom, who now I could see her face, passed out cupcakes, and he handed me the vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. My brother said something about the heat and gave me his sweater.
On serious note, I've had a dream of my brother dying and my grandfather dying, and within the year, they both died, and it happened the exact way I dreamt it. I seem unable to know the dates of when it will happen, numbers (no Powerball, calendars, etc), and the faces of people I don't know. I have become so familiar with it that I know when it's happening. I have told my partner and documented numerous moments. I had a dream about COVID in September of 2019. Sometimes, it can be as simple as someone talking to me, my best friend getting fired, breakups, or anything that feels like a core memory for others.
Anyone else out there experience anything like this?

Hey everyone,
Thinking on buying my first car, I'm from LATAM and well my specific country is very very expensive.
To make it short, planing on buying a couple of options:

1 Toyota Corolla Used 2021-2022 $26,000 USD Average Price. Basically only LE Trim. CVT

2 Toyota RAV4 2018 Automatic 4x2 2000cc (Non CVT, Real Automatic)

3 Toyota Yaris (For you North Americans we still got it!) 1500cc non-turbo, 4 disc brakes.

4 Hyundai Accent with IVT transmission (Is just a CVT with chains instead of rubber belts, arguably better) 1.5 non-turbo. Rear drum brakes.

5 Suzuki Vitara 4x2 GLX. 1600cc (Non CVT, Real Automatic)

The Yaris is the cheapest option, it has 7 airbags and is just what I need, cheap to maintain, good on gas, light and easy to drive.
"Problem" is... It's made by Daihatsu (Usually manufactured in Thailand or other South Asian Countries) Daihatsu was shutdown in Japan months ago but recently re-opened 2/4 factories so they are back in production. Toyota apologized and everything got re-organized management wise so seems to look up.
Car is very simple, nice enough to not look crappy and cheap. Inside is not the best but not terrible, but hey, it's a Toyota!
Does anyone have a 2023-2024 Toyota Yaris, also known as Vios/Ativ in other South Asia areas that could talk about reliability, issues, assembly and other subjects? Thanks a lot.
If you don't own a Yaris/Vios/Ativ, which one would you buy? I really don't need anything fast, I literally just need to go buy groceries at Walmart but I cannot drive a tiny egg car.

Hell all, I have a 2011 Subra Impreza 2.5i. Its got about 105k miles on it, and I'm planing on keeping it for at least the next 2-5 years. I am going to get a car play stereo for it maybe something like this https://www.amazon.com/SIXWIN-Android-Forester-Bluetooth-Navigation/dp/B0BFR4J6X7 as the frame on mine is staned with something from the previous owner. Does any company make a radio where I can just place my own tablet in? Was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for simple upgrades to make it more enjoyable for the next few years? Also if there are any common mechincal things I should be on the look out for.

Warning: This is extremely long
I am writing this because I need to make it known my love for this girl. And there needs to be something in the world that shows my love. All the hours of sleep I have lost for this girl, who I will call Eve, were for naught and I need there to be something tangible of what we had. This is my story of her.
I first met Eve at a volunteer event for an see organization we both went to, 4 days of 5 hours of volunteering. I thought she was beautiful and I wanted to ask her out. As we were leaving on the very last day I asked. I told her I enjoyed talking to her and thought she was cool, I asked if she would want to hang out sometime. I was elated. I thought she had given me her number romantically. I was so happy that day, I had never felt such joy. I was potentially going to be in a relationship with this amazing and beautiful woman. I texted her that night, and we talked some. The next day I asked her on a date, if she wanted to go to a local aquarium with me. She told me that she had a boyfriend. My soul was crushed, I felt myself die a bit. I physically felt my joy leave, everything was gray again. I had fallen in love with her over the simple act of her giving me her phone number. I have longed for female connection and affection for so long that even a slight show of something that could be considered as romance made me adore her. And that shows how fucked up I am. I made some more small talk, nothing much. I tried to play it off as “oh yea that’s cool”, perhaps I could salvage a friendship for now, and wait until she did not have a boyfriend. I asked her if she wanted to do paintball for my Birthday, she couldn’t because her sister got injured as a kid from it. For the next 3 months I mourned. I was sad, I had fallen in love with this beautiful girl, but could not even attempt to be with her. Then in November I saw her at another event, I was so scared. I was too afraid to make contact with her. I saw her and was terrified, of scorn, of disgust. I was embarrassed. She walked past me once and I said hi, as a friend, but no response, perhaps she did not hear me. I avoided her for the next few hours. Eventually during a raffle at the end we made eye contact. It was very brief, barely a second. I looked away so fast. She was so breathtaking. Now I knew that she knew I was there, and she knew I knew she was there. I went home without any more contact. The next months were the same, sadness. Mourning the relationship I (thought I) almost had. Every day I thought about her. Every single day. Not 3 hours could pass without her crossing my mind. At night I would look at her on Instagram. Look at her pictures, it was nothing creepy, I just admired her beauty and longed for her. I saw her boyfriend, he was ugly and fat. I do not mean to be rude or hate, but she could do better. I am ugly, but I take care of myself, I was jealous of him. One day she posted her Junior prom pics with him, she was so beautiful. One day when I went to admire her pictures, I noticed something. She had taken his name from her bio, and deleted all her posts. They had broken up. I was elated, perhaps I had a chance. I needed to see her again, establish connection. I went to an event where she was going, I saw her, I tried to find a chance to say hello but we were all so busy and split into different groups, I didn’t get a chance. As the event ended it was late. It was dark and in a not desirable area of town, Eve was leaving and my mom was going to accompany her to her car and called me over to accompany her. I walked out and was with them, Eve was so beautiful, her smile made me melt inside. We made some small talk between the three of us as we walked for a minute or two, and then she got in her car and left. I was angry at myself and my situation, I should have talked to her more, put myself out there. I was beating myself up for it the rest of my time there and the ride home. But when I got home I was overjoyed, while I drove Eve had texted me. She said it was nice to see me at an event again, with a smiley face. We talked for a bit, texting back and forth. I was so happy to be talking to her again, and SHE initiated it. Mind you this is on the 8th of February. For the next week or so we texted, not a ton. She was busy, however I have noticed she uses that as an excuse to not reply, more on that later. Come Valentine’s Day it was nearing Junior Prom at my school, I had dreams of bringing her to it. I was hoping to try and do something in person with her and some friends over the weekend, where I could ask in person. However, on Valentine’s Day she posted on her Instagram story a gift she had received from a secret admirer. I was scared I would lose my opportunity, now I had competition. This rushed me. I called her that evening, I told her I wanted to ask in person but saw her story and felt rushed, i asked if she wanted to go to our Junior prom with me. She said that she wasn’t sure, and wanted a few days to get back to me. A few days later she responded, she could not go. She said that she was talking to someone else pretty seriously and didn’t want to go for that reason. I accepted this with grace, I respect her decision. Exactly one month later I ran into her at an event. We talked a bit, we worked by each other this time. She mentioned when we talked with some others as a group that she was going on a spring break trip to California. After the event ended and we had gone home I texted her later that evening. I said it was nice seeing her, and I hoped she enjoyed her break. She responded, I was scared she wouldn’t. Throughout all of this I have held an underlying belief she is weirded out by me, or wants me to screw off, I had asked her out twice, maybe I am just a creep to her. But she did respond. We talked for the next few days, she still took a long time to respond, over 12 hours usually. I get you’re busy, but let’s be honest, everyone checks their phone in that time. On the morning of break when my family was driving off for ours I got a text from her. She sent me sunrise pics from her trip she was on, and said she would send some more. We texted back and forth a bit then, and she said I should send her pics of my trip. I was so happy, she had sent me pictures and asked I send some. While they weren’t pictures of HER, they were still beautiful sunrise pics, and SHE sent them to me first. Over the course of spring break we talked, there was a large time difference so most of it was sending picture, asking or telling something, and responding to previous texts. But one day we were both sat down and we texted back and forth for a straight hour. She was giving me her time and attention, I felt as if she enjoyed talking to me. When break ended however it changed. She took more and more time to respond, hours to days. She said she was busy, but I knew the truth, you can check your phone over the course of 2-3 days and respond. I felt hurt and confused. She has given me so much time and we had talked so much over break but now I was being ghosted. I couldn’t take it anymore. I wrote her a long text, telling her how I felt about her and what we had going on. How she was the most beautiful woman in the world and how I love talking to her, and also how I was getting mixed signals for her. She responded and told me that at first she was texting for friendliness but began to like me as we talked, she said she would text me before her friends and that must mean something subconsciously. She was flattered and admired my persistence in asking her out, now she was open to going out with me to test the waters. I was overjoyed. However I am moving overseas, about 3 months from when this happened, and I told her that. Very unfortunate that when I get my chance it is cut short. We talked more, and planned a date. She never did tell me why she didn’t respond. It was wonderful, we talked a lot. Of course it was awkward at times, but it got better as it went. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. She was breathtaking, she had makeup on, but she looks even prettier without it. We talked about all sorts of things, and it all made me like her more. Same passion we wanted to go to college for, both love animals, both believe the same stuff. When the date ended, we went our separate ways. That has since been the last time I have seen her. When I got home she texted me she had a good time, I was so incredibly happy to see that. I hadn’t weirded her out, she hadn’t found me too unattractive to date. One day I posted a pic of me after winning a sports championship along with some others of my team on my story. I have never posted a pic of myself because I am self conscious, this was the first. She viewed my stories, and the only one she gave a like was of me. That made me feel so special, she liked the picture of ME. I was happy, we were still texting, she still took a while to reply, usually a day, but I was happy because I was going on dates with her. During the midst of planning a second, she stopped replying for a few days. When I was touring a college I got the message. She had felt nothing romantic on our date, only platonic. She enjoyed it she said, but felt no feelings for me. She wanted to go out again to solidify these feelings, and give me another chance but because I was moving she didn’t want to potentially start a relationship we would end in 2 months. She said she didn’t want to lead me on. I was heartbroken. I love her. This was the final nail in the coffin, it was over. We would not work out. I replied to her, said thank you for the honesty and wished her luck with life. I have been left on read. I don’t expect anything else, but a reply, a thank you for understanding, anything would be nice. I don’t want it to end. Any connection I can have with her I wanted. I don’t understand, I thought she liked me? While she did say she thought she had feelings, I understand that she may have changed how she felt after going out, but why would she do what she did? Why would she tell me she had a good time it she didn’t think it would work? I feel as if that just got my hopes up. It put me under the impression she liked me too. And why would she like my picture if she did not LIKE me? I am confused m, and I am sad. My situationship with her is done, and any contact is as well. I miss her, I want to be with her. I don’t understand what to do now. For the past year she has been my purpose. I have improved myself for her, cried for her, tried at life for her. Now I have nothing, no purpose. How can I go on when I have no purpose. She was my driving factor for all I did. I am empty now. I write this because I need people to know. I cannot let all I felt for her go unknown. I need to express my love for her somehow, it must be known, it not to her then to you all. I can not let all we had, even if it was really nothing for her and to outside perspective, it was so much to me. And a message I leave for her, if by some miracle she stumbled upon this and recognizes these events. Eve, I love you. I know that it is not reciprocated. I am sorry for loving you, when we together had so little. You are the most beautiful girl in the world, your heart is pure and your mind is sharp. Although I can not be with you I hold no hard feelings. I am not angry, because your feelings are valid, even if they are not what I wish you felt. I hope whatever happens to you in life you excel. I hope you find someone you love that loves you like I do. I will never forget you. Thank you for the chance you gave me, and your honesty and clear communication. Goodbye.

I did some testing with Astral’s revamped AI XXL mod, which seemed to be the only one I could find that was able to pump up AI to ludicrous numbers. I decided to chart out which maps had the most AI and wanted to see if anyone had seen any numbers higher than the ones posted.
I hope in the future the Dev team releases some old maps as options as well. I remember the old farm having up to 100 suspects at once.
Gas Station: 38
Condominiums: 19
213 Park Homes: 60
Brixley Talent Time: 21
Sullivans Slope: 12
Brisa Cove: 25
Datacenter: 54
Beach:8
Postal office: 46
Voll House: 51
Watt College: 22
Border Reserve: 42
Clemente Hotel: 41
Neon Nightclub: 52
Car Dealership: 50
Cherryessa Farm: 52
Coastal Medical Center: 70
Port Hokan: 83

Hey y’all. I have a bit of a unique situation. I’m seeking a place to stay long term that has a garage or workspace that I can keep up with my hobby of fixing up an old Toyota I have plus my other car. I’m a 36yr simple and easy going musician if that’s a perk. I don’t necessarily need access to a full kitchen but would be nice to have access to bathroom and shower along with a room for a bed. I would love to be a part of a communal living situation or keep to myself, either is ok. This seems to be impossible to search for other than renting a whole house. I don’t need that much living space.
Any leads or ideas would be appreciated

Now I've been lucky to never have needed to finance a car, I'm still getting to learn all about this, so I apologize about any ignorance on my part. Just Trying to find insight before I can actually look into any paperwork.
And sorry if this is the wrong sub.

1. Now is it possible for a non-owner to insure a vehicle they have no liability over?
   
2. Or does the person financing the car MUST have their name on the insurance policy for the vehicle they are financing?
   
3. Or is this something strictly covered in the loan paperwork?
   

For context, 2 years ago my older sister financed a car for my younger brother, specifically an audi 2015 with 70k miles for 22k at 9%. over the 2 years he's gotten a few tickets and increased her insurance costs.
Now due to a change in circumstances I'm going to be taking over the Audi, and giving my younger brother the title to my 2011 golf for free. (I bought it for $500, a steal).
So I just wanted to find ways to mitigate costs while I help them pay off the remaining balance on the car as soon as possible.
Thank you!
(Disclaimer: I am aware this is a financially dumb decision, but I live simple and my financial position has significantly!! improved thanks to my employer.)

Hi guys,
Before making my ADHD consultation, I was wondering if anyone has similar symptoms to me and HAS been diagnosed with ADHD? The process is going to cost 2-3k and I didn't want to spend this money just to walk in and be told it's normal.
Just to be clear, I'm not asking for a diagnosis, just wondering if anyone has similar symptoms.

• Car accidents due to bad attention (every car i have had)
• Nail biting
• Substance misues, to a minor degree (once every few months)
• Looking at people, no idea what they've said (relationship issues)
• Extremely low attention span on uninteresting, yet important tasks (work)
• Constantly racing thoughts, up to 5 different thoughts at once. Streams of thoughts
• Easily overwhelmed by needing to organise things (very simple things, work schedule, going to issys and back)
• Very fidgety
• Excuses to get up and walk around
• Executive dysfunction?
• When at dinners in public, constantly looking around, overstimulated, distracted by anything and everything (causing relationship issues)
• Easily miss important details in work calls, having to constantly re-ask for dates, materials, amounts
• Impulsive buying
• Impulisve language and things said (sometimes rude and inappropraite)
• Obsessive of PC games, very specific cars, keyboards, colognes (things im interested in)
• Sporadic hobbies
• I have to be overly organised and clean (obsessive) to calm my thoughts and mind
• Lying to avoid stress
• Skipping lines and paragraphs when reading as it feels 'boring', physically uncomfortable/impossible to slow down and read slowly/thoroughly
• Re-read things 3 or 4 times until it sinks in
• Easily frustrated/always on edge with a very low tolerance to anything outside of what I was prepared for emotionally.
• Was often the naughty kid in a corner or facing a wall at school
• Constantly interrupting others because they take too long to get to the point or I finish their sentence because I’ve already played out the conversation in my head and I ‘think’ I know the outcome

My last post was a song helping you through a break up.
But what’s a song that you two may have shared that you once loved but is now too hard to listen to?
I’ll start, mine is Angel Baby - Troye Sivan
We agreed to be married to this song. We both used to dance in the kitchen, sing it in the car and anytime it came on in public when we were out by ourselves we would send it with a simple “I was thinking of you today”
I can’t listen to it anymore without breaking a little inside,
But do you have one? If so what song and what’s your story?

I'm trying to serve a simple php website using docker-compose. This is what I have:
```
nginx:
image: nginx:latest
ports:

• "8080:80"

environment:
PUID: 1026
PGID: 100
volumes:

• /volume1/wwwhome:/vawww/html:cached

depends_on:

• php-fpm
  

  PHP application container

  php-fpm:
  

image: php:8.1-fpm
environment:
PUID: 1026
PGID: 100
volumes:

• /volume1/wwwhome:/vawww/html
  
• /volume1/wwwhome/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  

```
and this is the nginx.conf
```
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com;
root /vawww/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass php-fpm:9000; # Use the service name defined in Docker Compose
}
}
```
Instead of seeing the website i see Welcome to nginx! when i go to `http://192.168.86.198:8080/\`
What am I doing wrong?

So I am extremely frustrated with the lack of bike/pedestrian infrastructure in my town. I tried to advocate for an e-bike station rather than 2 car charging ports that were on the docket at my town board and got shot down. They shot down every inclination that the roads were big enough for everyone and that we need to think about everyone when it is time for re-paving/re-painting.
I am now trying to pivot to creating more mixed use trails, since they view biking and walking as strictly something you drive to a park to do. The Rails to Trails Conservancy has had some success in neighboring towns and we have an abandoned north-south line and an in-service east-west line running through our town. The abandoned line would be easier to sell since there is less liability, the federal government has “rail embankment” laws that make it easier, etc. I know that the first step is acquiring/leasing the land from the RR company or private landowner(s), but who would be the right organization to turn to to head it? My town board? My state DOT? A nonprofit organization? It is in Buffalo, NY. I’ve been doing a lot of research but am still unsure of who to turn to that could get it done.
Thank you!

I hate to ask for things but my mother and I had to move to Lethbridge with our 3 small dogs on emergency short notice due to abuse and are now living in our car as we don't have any money since we're both unemployed and disabled. We discovered we could move our stuff into the front at night so we could sleep properly (horizontally) in the back, however it is extremely painful (I have bruises on my ribs and Hips from how hard the folded seats are) and we don't have enough blankets so we are cold at night. We have tried local shelters but we dont fit their criteria, especially with our dogs. I'm adding a list of chores/jobs i could do and things we could use, if anybody has these items and are willing to part with them for free or for the completion of a task or chore, please comment or message me!
Suggestions for jobs I can do: - mow lawns or pick up dog Poop - vacuum/sweep/dust - wash windows - walk/wash/lightly groom dogs/cats/other pets (I'm very good with animals) - wash cars - babysit (my mother ran a day care most of my life and I grew up naturally learning how to care for kids as well as babysat most of middle/high school) - Help move furniture - And more! If you have a job I didnt list, let me know and if I'm capable I will do it!
Things we need: - Air mattress or mattress topper. This is a big need for us, absolutely high priority item. We are both in a lot of pain from the hard, uncomfortable seat backs of the car, but it's still better for our disabilities than to sleep in the front seats, even reclined. - Air pump (if we recieve an air mattress) - Portable charger batteries to charge our phones when the car is off at night - camping gear, such as a tent, heater, tarp, camping stove, cooler, etc. - sleeping bags or blankets, believe it or not, it gets quite cold still at night when you don't have indoor heating haha - car chargeplugs with USB ports - sun reflectowindshield and/or window covers, to keep the sun out so we and the dogs can stay cool - 2 peoples worth of plates, mugs/cups, and cutlery. We can't keep a lot of dishes but a couple plates and cups would make eating a lot less messy, 1 dish and mug for each of us is perfect - Cash or gift cards especially for gas or dollarama (you'd be surprised what we can find there) - in exchange for helping you with a task

Fairly simple question: ( I think )
I was planning on getting a personal load from Navy Fed to pay off my car loan who I have with someone else.
Is this a bad idea? I haven’t looked at the rate I would get for the personal load, but I’ve been with navy for almost ten years now. The car loan is at 8%.
Or would it be possible for navy fed to pick up the loan from the other guy and I just pay the navy boys.
Cheers 🤙🏽

First-time poster here: Trying to fix a separate problem with my fiance's 2012 Lincoln Mkz (v6 engine) where the oil pressure warning comes on when braking and idle, but i need diagnostics to see what the pressure is actually doing beyond an on/off warning switch. When I went to attach my OBD bluetooth dongle that I've used on two other vehicles with no problem (with Torque app), it didn't work. I replaced the blown fuse for the OBD connector, and several things happened.
First, the car wouldn't start, saying that my battery was dead, oil was low, that I had no fuel, check engine light, etc. I had the vehicle maintennanced today before messing with the OBD, and have verified that there were no codes before this and that the battery was functional. Following this, I pulled, checked, and resituated the ignition switch fuse in case it was the issue. The car was able to start after this point, but still had instruments reading that there was no fuel, a dead battery, a check engine warning, and several other alerts while it was running. I pulled the dongle off, and all instruments returned to normal except a solid check engine light that I can only imagine is whatever codes the glitch threw. Though, I obviously can't check on the codes to confirm this as long as the OBD port keeps acting up.
I'm wondering how this device could even cause this? Could a short in the connector do it, or would this have to be some deeper kind of electrical issue? I'm open to the possibility that i messed up something in the fuse box, although i only pulled and replaced two fuses. Also, how is an OBD Bluetooth dongle messing with the instruments this much? I thought this was only capable of reading sensor info, not actually doing any sort of interference with the ECM or anything. Lastly, I'll take any recommendations for how to test and fix the problem. I'm happy to add any further info that I can, if needed. However, my car knowledge doesn't go very far beyond replacing tires and changing oil.