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I bought rg556 just to only play switch games, so heres my list, btw i like 2d platformer games very much so the list will be 80% of those games.
Also another note there is no active switch emulator development so you have to try and test with all the available emulator like yuzu, suyu, starto , skyline, sudachi etc with different fimware and drivers, some games run better on yuzu some runs better on skyline etc
If you have any doubt or question then let me know also if you tested any switch games on rg556 then please drop their stats
LETS BUILD THE GREAT LIST OF RG556 TOGETHER.

1. Hollow Knight (Yuzu / 60Fps / Native 1x)
2. Super Mario Deluxe (Yuzu/ 60Fps / 0.5 )
3. Celeste ( Yuzu / 60Fps / Native 1x)
4. Cuphead ( Skyline Edge / 60Fps / Native 1x )
5. Disney illusion island (Yuzu / 60Fps / Native 1x)
6. The messenger (Skyline Edge / 60Fps / Native 1x)
7. Shovel Knight Dig ( Yuzu / 60Fps / Native 1x)
8. Katana Zero (Skyline Edge / 60Fps / Native 1x)
9. Iconoclasts (Sudachi / 60Fps /Native 1x)
10. LevelHead (Skyline Edge / 60Fps / Native 1x)
11. Rayman legend Definitive / (Skyline / 60Fps / 1x)
12. Wind jammer 2 (Yuzu / 60Fps / 1x )
13. Steam World Dig 2 ( Skyline Edge / 60Fps / 1x)
14. Ultimate Chicken Horse (Skyline / 60Fps / 1x)
15. MegaMan 11 ( Skyline edge / 60Fps / 1x)
16. Super Meat boy forever ( Yuzu / 60Fps / 0.75x)
17. Kaze and the wild masks ( Yuzu / 60Fps / 1x)
18. Hyper Light Drifter (Yuzu / 60Fps / 1x)
19. Kirby return to dreamland ( Yuzu / 60Fps/ 0.75x)
20. Dead Cells (Yuzu /60Fps / 1x)

Hello, how are you guys doing? :)
I'm currently working on a "rules-mid" setting/game that mixes a bunch of stuff I love, like astronomy, speculative evolution, transhumanism, computer science and optimistic nihilism. I would really appreciate some help figuring out my species creation system.
As the game is supposed to be quite customizable and modular, I hope to standardize the species design process so players could make their own homebrew just as easily as I make up official ones. It would eventually be expanded upon.
So...
The thing about this world is there are no humans, only alien species. And there are some guidelines to this whole thing so it fits with the rest of the project.

• No magic or supernatural thing-a-majigs involved. Bioengineering is a big yes for me.
• Convergent evolution. No playable weird aliens that stray too far from something the players could relate to on a semi-humanoid level, although there is all sorts of crazy life elsewhere in the game.
• And at the same time, no humans with makeup on their head. People be different out there.

The rough idea I have so far is:

1. Players have a set amount of "biopoints" they can use to buy characteristics from a looong list of useful biological features. Things like, swimming, eagle-eye, exoskeleton, prehensile tail, etc. The more useful the feature, the more expensive it is. There should probably be a limit to how many features you can add up.
2. Players then choose from a list of negative features to balance out whatever goodies they gained on the last step. This mimics the idea that different species are adapted to different niches and should have strengths and weaknesses, but it's mostly because I find it quite fun. Not too sure about this, though.

I would also like to implement some core stats to each species that should help the player, as well as the Guide, know what kind of habitat that species came from, something about what it needs to live, its size variance, ways of movement, language type, and other stuff like that. No idea if this should be bought or just freely chosen.
Any and all incongruities should be boiled down to biotech and the character's super advanced spacesuit taking care of it. Brain interfaces fabricate a common language that should solve language gaps, though the actual language of the species is thematically important. What happens if the suit is damaged? Well, you got me there. How rules-heavy should that "what it needs to live" part be, how can I simplify it?
So that's basically it. What do you think? How would you improve and streamline this? What sort of core stat should I pay more attention to? Feel free to only answer what you find most interesting. Thanks in advance!

I'm 22 and I deeply suspect I have EDS that has been undiagnosed my whole life. I've always had hyper mobility and double jointed-ness (for example I can twist both of my hands/forearms literally 360 degrees around, I can dislocate my knee caps and my shoulders at will, I can bend just the tips of my fingers to a perfect right angle while keeping the rest of my fingers straight, I can put my legs behind my head ETC) while I was a younger kid and teen I thought nothing of it what so ever because doing things like this never caused me pain at all.
Now that I'm a young adult I'm in a lot of pain very often. I've been diagnosed with costochondritis during an ER visit that I pretty much struggle with every single day, and I'm just in pain every day. It worsens as the day goes on and especially after walks, exercise (even light at home exercise) making it almost impossible for me to gain muscle and lose weight.. it is always excruciating when trying to go to bed, and usually worse right when I wake up in the morning and stand for the first time and walk around. My bones and joints click almost every single time I step my foot to the ground at times even though I'm super young.. I've struggled with migraines and headaches all my life, especially when I was a young kid in elementary and middle school as well. As I've gotten older I scar very very easily and take a lot longer to heal from wounds too, and it seems like I have a lack of collagen too because I'm not a very big girl at all but I've started to accumulate quite a bit of stretch marks very fast.
My dad says this kinda stuff runs in the family, my mom has fibromyalgia and my dad had rheumatoid arthritis. But all of my symptoms that I've noticed point towards EDS
Should I go to my primary or directly to a rheumatologist? And what do you think about my symptoms and things like that in terms of relating to this?

Last year was very hard for me. I have severe attachment issues and I ended up losing everyone in my life.
During college, I had a long term friend that I was living with and a boyfriend.
During my senior of high school, I was exploring college orgs and that’s when I found a sorority. I’ve always wanted to join one, but never had the chance until my juniosenior year of college. I couldn’t explain why I exactly wanted to, but I think it’s because since they promote sisterhood and a home away from home, it made me a feel a certain way. I don’t have any sisters nor a good home, so I really wanted a family. According to my therapist, she said I wanted to join to feel validated.
I had a good relationship with my long term friend and boyfriend, but once I started the pledging process, that’s when everything changed. The sorority process was high demanding and involved severe mental hazing. I couldn’t tell my long term friend and it took a lot of time away from my boyfriend. The process took a toll on mental health which affected me physically, mentally, and financially. I was so messed up in the head that I started projecting my anger and stress on the two of them. I was super toxic to them and myself. At one point, I was given an ultimatum by boyfriend, it was either the him or the sorority. It was really hard for me because I wanted both, but I think I said some stupid shit like the sorority is forever, whereas I don’t even know if we’re going to last. Eventually, me and my boyfriend broke up and later on, me and my long term friend stopped being friends-she felt betrayed that I didn’t tell her. After losing the two most important people in my life at the time, the sorority later on cut me off and I ended up cutting off the sorority for good.
I sacrificed myself, my long term friend, and my boyfriend aka my FP, for a school organization. My therapist was like wow… so you chose a school org specifically a sorority over a potential life long life partner? I know, I was stupid. I was young and desperate to find a group of people that can accept and validate me because apparently my long term friend and boyfriend was not enough. After it was too late, that’s when I realized that I took them for granted because they were my family all along.
It breaks my heart even more because I was financially struggling at the time. I had to my pay for college and rent all by myself. I had a little bit of money to spare and I did see a psychiatrist and counselor a bit, but I decided to devote all of my time and the rest of my savings into a sorority that I ended up regretting.
It hurts me a lot knowing that I sacrificed very important people in my life for fake, surface level friendships that didn’t even last longer than a year. It fucking sucks. I’m full of regret and it’s hard to live. I wished I was more self aware. I wished I went to therapy and took medications. If I never joined the sorority, I wouldn’t be as depressed as I would have if I didn’t.
I know that I had put myself into this situation, basically self sabotaging myself, i ended up hurting and losing my friend and ex boyfriend now. It is my responsibility. Even though I felt like it wasn’t me who was living in my body at the moment, in the end I still did it, so I have to own up to it.
After I lost everyone, that’s when I finally started therapy and medications. After a few months, I am now so self aware. Looking back, I really don’t even remember myself living in the moment-I had no sense of reality. It breaks my heart because I was so discombobulated and disconnect with reality, as if my BPD had control of me. I don’t want to blame it on mental health because in the end, the BPD is still a part of me as an individual.
I wish I could go back in time and change everything. I really hate myself. It’s so hard living knowing that I was so broken and mentally ill that it took over me.
Everyday I tell myself, it’s okay. You were young and you didn’t know. They left for a reason. If they all didn’t leave me, I don’t know if I would have even started therapy and medications. It sucks because I really want them back. I am full of regret. I would do anything to get them back. I wished they knew how sorry I am, but no one wants to back anymore because the damage I did isn’t forgivable.
Therapy is working and the medications definitely help, but I just can’t let go of my long term friend and ex boyfriend. I know I’m still young, people come and go all the time, and there’s still many people that I haven’t met yet.
Many people have told me that I’ve grown/matured a lot and they can tell that I am a better version of myself than I was before.
It’s just that I hate being so self aware now because I feel like the memories of me acting all crazy and sick in the head at time just consistently replays in my head. It doesn’t even feel like it was me who did all this.
People don’t understand me and honestly I didn’t understand myself either. I’m grateful that I am able to now afford therapy and medications because I will be the one who breaks my family’s generational trauma.
I just can’t believe I did all this. Living with regret is so fucking hard and it’s even harder now that I know that I was the one who put myself in the position that I’m in right now. I need to be more to nice myself, but it’s hard to be nice to someone who did fucked up things. I’m grateful, but I’m so depressed. I feel mixed. Do I deserve to be happy?

So, I had this major crush on this super popular girl from college, right? Finally, I got the guts to ask her out. And guess what? She said yes! She even confessed that she liked me too! But then she hit me with, "Let's take it slow and get to know each other better first before we make anything official." Cool, that's exactly what I wanted too.
We chatted a ton on Insta. I didn't even know how to ask for her number, and I also wanted her to be comfortable first before exchanging numbers, but luckily, she beat me to it. She was like, "Why haven't you asked for my number yet? Most of the boys that DM me directly ask for my number." Smooth, right? She also mentioned that she liked that I didn't directly ask for her number. So, we swapped numbers and started talking even more. Seriously, not a single day went by without us chatting.
Then out of the blue, she suggests we go out after our semester labs. Man, I was stoked! Problem was, although our subjects are the same, her exams were a few days after mine because we weren't in the same section. But I was pumped anyway.
Then, the day before my BEE lab, she hits me with a bombshell. She's not ready for a relationship. She drops the classic "It's not you, it's me" line, talking about her past relationship trauma. Later, her friend spills that she thinks I'm perfect for her, but her past baggage's holding her back. I asked her to meet me, but she didn't. Instead, she called me and said some senseless things. But what surprised me is when she said she didn't friend-zone me, then what am I? Also, in the call, I directly asked "So you don't like me?" and she replied "It's not like that that I don't like you but it's complicated".
I never pushed her to rush into anything, man. I told her to take her time. But she's all like, "Nah, I'm sure I don't want a relationship right now." Then her friend says she's feeling guilty because she's not sure. Mixed signals much?
I had my BEE and Chemistry labs back-to-back. Let me tell you, trying to focus on those exams with all this drama boiling inside me was a real struggle. I was a whirlwind of emotions - angry, sad, desperate, you name it. I wanted to cry, but there was literally no time for that with exams looming over me. So there I was, sitting alone in my room patting myself on the back, saying, "It's okay, it's okay. I can't cry now, I've got to study. I have an exam to pass". Just a day before the exam I could physically feel that pain you know the feeling where your legs feel weak, you constantly have that vomiting feeling, your head muscles all tensed up and that sleepy eyes
After all those talks for a month or so and her suggesting we go out, I felt like a mess when she suddenly changed her mind.

Very happily married man in my mid-40's. Solid sex life, we are very communicative and supportive of each other. I don't feel like our marriage is lacking in any major area, really.
I'm generally very cautious about new friendships with women, esp. married women ... don't want to make anyone uncomfortable, I wouldn't want my wife making a strong emotional connection to another man, etc. Some of that is re: my opinions on propriety, some is re: insecurities. I'll leave those conversations for my therapist.
Several weeks back, I met a woman named N through an organization we're both affiliated with. I had some expertise in an area the org's work, and she wanted to pick my brain. I was happy to oblige, we texted periodically as she was doing some research and making some decisions.
Those chats got longer, more in-depth. Sometimes would continue late into the night. They were always on-topic (or slightly broader life discussions). She always seemed VERY excited to text with me, super friendly and engaged. Apologized if she disappeared. There was no direct flirting, but it felt like there was some vibe there.
Then last week, N & I wound up at an organizational meeting together. All very friendly, and afterwards, we stuck around to discuss our primary topic more in-depth. Wound up in a room together, very late, just the two of us. NOTHING happened, but *I* was feeling that vibe like I VERY much wanted to grab ahold of this woman and kiss her (and probably a lot more), and I was 100% sure she wanted the same. Nothing was said or done. She leaned her head on my shoulder early-on as I was demonstrating something, but that was the closest we came to each other physically.
I would never, could never, and will never cheat on my wife. Period. But MAN, did the thought cross my mind last week, more strongly than it ever has before. I've always felt a thrill when an attractive woman showed interest, and have had a hard time NOT flirting in the past. I just love the rush of it, the attention.
My question here is ... do I say something to N? We are becoming friends, there has been nothing overt or inappropriate. Do I clear the air, acknowledge where my head's at but set very clear boundaries? Or am I indulging in something I shouldn't?
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Sigh. This is not a fun one. Apologies for the descriptions to follow... 30 years old, Male, otherwise healthy
For the past few months I've been dealing with pretty intense pain when going number 2. It's almost like just as things start to move and right before it starts to come out, I'm getting stabbed in the asshole with a knife. Then things subside as it is actually coming out. I don't know how else to describe it lol.
I don't particularly notice any pain when I'm just walking around and everything -- it seems mostly contained to when it is BM time. But good lord -- I have a pretty high pain tolerance and I find myself damn near having to grip the wall when I'm on the toilet.
Is this likely a hemorrhoid? Do they usually last that long and cause THAT much pain?
Super embarrassing thing to head to the doctor with and I don't necessarily want to if it's not necessary. Try prep H for a week or so? Anything else? Or just stop being an idiot and go to the doctor?

So I (19M) am on holiday abroad together with my GF (19F) of 7 months, and her family (parents, sister, and sister’s BF). They have a holiday home here that we are staying at, and the plan is/was(?) for us to stay here for two weeks.
We arrived here three days ago, and the thing that makes me want to leave happened on our second day here, so this trip has started of really well. It’s kind of gross just so you’re warned. Anyway, we had all gone out for dinner together and my GF suggested that I tried a dish I’d never tried before that’s quite specific for the country we’re in, and I thought why the hell not, so I did. What I , stupid as I am, didn’t know but probably should have, was that there was a risk that I would be allergic to it. So shortly after I had begun eating I started to feel anxious and a bit itchy. I know I should have taken it seriously, but the thing is that I’m always a bit nervous around my GF’s family and when I eat out, so I ignored it. Until I felt like my throat started to swell and it got harder to breathe.
I don’t know how I was thinking, I kind of panicked and we have already established that I’m stupid, but I felt I had to get away from the table as fast as possible because I didn’t want to cause a scene. And I still sort of hoped this was just a panic attack. So I stood up and took a step or two, and I remember being really dizzy before it got all black. The rest is a bit blurry, but I woke up on the ground with everyone leaning over me. I could barely breathe, my head and nose hurt, and there was blood everywhere. So much for not causing a scene. My GF’s dad gave me my epipen and inhaler, so my breathing improved a bit. Then I got the worse pain in my stomach and felt really sick, but before I could ask for something to throw up in, I vomited all over myself. Some time after that the ambulance arrived, and it was decided that my GF’s mum would accompany me in the ambulance, while the others were to met us at the hospital. In the ambulance the pain in my stomach got even worse, and I realised I had to go to the toilet, like urgently. But as I was stuck in a fucking ambulance that wasn’t possible. I tried very hard not to, but of course, like this couldn’t get any worse, I ended up shitting myself in front of my GF’s mum. And unfortunately, I wasn’t unwell enough to not find that to be a horrible experience. I have no idea if she’s told my GF about this, but I sure as hell hope she hasn’t.
Anyway, when we got to hospital I was glued up, cleaned up, and given loads of medicines. I needed to stay the night and my GF decided to stay with me even though I told her she didn’t have to. I was discharged the next day, which was yesterday, and I was told I most likely have a concussion and to take it easy for a couple of days. When we got back to the house, I was so tired I spent most of the day just sleeping.
I’m still tired today, but I feel a bit better than yesterday. At least physically, because I’m so fucking embarrassed about what happened, and I feel stupid that it happened in the first place. So I just wanted to be alone today, so when my GF wanted to stay in with me, I practically forced her to tag along her parents on some outing.
It’s not like they haven’t been nice to me, they have, like excessively so, but I can’t stop thinking they are just pretending and that they are actually disgusted by me. Because I mean why shouldn’t they be, I am, it was fucking gross. Especially my GF, I can’t see how she ever can be attracted to me again. We obviously haven’t had sex since it happened, but we haven’t really cuddled like we use to either, so I don’t know.
To make things even worse, I’m currently ugly as fuck. My nose is swollen from the fall, I have scrapes on my nose and forehead, and a cut on my forehead and scalps. And on top of that, due to the stupid cut I haven’t been allowed to wash my hair and won’t be able to do so for at least three more days, so I feel super fresh.
I know it’s probably childish, but I feel fucking miserable, and I don’t want to be here anymore. I just want to go home. I mean, I can barely look my GF in the eyes let alone her family, so sticking around here for 11 more days feel like torture. And as it is now, I’m not good company either. So WIBTA if I were to cut the trip short and just went home?
Now it probably doesn’t matter if I would be an AH for going home, because my GF will likely dump me when we get home anyway. But on the off chance that she doesn’t want to break up with me, I don’t want to ruin things more than I already have by being an AH and going home if that is an AH-thing to do.
Also, if I were to leave what reason could I give my GF that isn’t an AH-reason, because I can absolutely not tell her that I’m so fucking ashamed of myself that I cannot stand to be around her or her family, that would just be too pathetic and surely the end of out relationship. Like I know it’s excessive, but I seriously (not really) wish I would have just died instead of dealing with this.

I 24F got into a three day argument with my Boyfriend 30M for dumb reasons I have apologized for numerous times. He hasn’t apologized for any of it at btw. We talked last night after I went to my moms house because I got upset with him when he was saying he wasn’t upset with me but wasn’t doing the little things he would normally do showing me he was still upset with me over all this. His excuses were I’m not emotionally ready to be around his kids, he was upset about a comment about his grandmas dog, and other comments he couldn’t even tell me. He was upset I just acted normal when I came back home for a blip to get a couple things and when I gave him a smirk when I first left to go to my moms.
Here is my side of this first one I am emotionally ready for his kids he is only saying this cause I keep asking for alone time because I need a break from time to time. I personally am getting overstimulated at work, then we have to drive to his moms house and get his kids and there are 5 kids all under the age of 10 which require a lot of attention so I’m getting overstimulated there. 3 of them are his sisters who live there with his parents. He has a 2 and 3 year old. We get home I don’t get time to wind down and relax I do my hw and go to bed cause I’m so tired and then we get up and go back to his moms with kids and all those kids are still there and sometimes more of them are there. All I asked is for one day to myself so I can relax and decompress and sometimes I only need to do it for a couple hours and be in mind you these are our days off as well. I get told oh you don’t want to spend time with me or the kids or oh you don’t love me and the kids and I call him out on that and I tell him no that’s not true and he knows it. He expects me to be this super woman but I have to be able to get a moment of peace to be the best I can be.
Second one yes that one was an bad comment and I can fully agree to that I should’ve been more supportive but instead of calling me out on it he held onto it and is making it a bigger deal then it really is.
Thirdly this all started when I rushed myself to the ER cause I had light headed/dizzyness, my whole body was hot, I wanted to puke, and I started bleeding down there. My mom freaked me out and told me it could be the start of sepsis and I needed to go asap. He wanted me to wait 20-30mins for him to figure out what to do with his kids. I told him I couldn’t wait and went to the ER. Instead of continuing to try and find someone to watch the kids he gave up and sat in the bed watching his car show and sat on his phone and argued with me the whole time I was in the hospital. Where I was scared and wanted him by my side. All he needed to tell me was I’m sorry I can’t find anyone to watch the kids but I’m here for you and you will be okay. No I got argued for not waiting for him and I should’ve waited and all this other garbage. Things were definitely said especially on both sides and I did apologize for what I said and my actions but he is continuing to blame me.
We talked about it all last night and he couldn’t give me an answer where we are at. His answer is idk I need to think. I forgave him for so much garbage and what he has done to me that just because I have been crabby, sick, tired, and want a little bit of alone time he can’t forgive me. He got so drunk last Wednesday he could even change his kids diapers let stay awake long enough to say bye to them when his ex came and got them. Then I called him out on it when we got home and he yelled at me in my face and told me to leave but I didn’t I stayed at his lowest point. He has told me if I was pregnant by b***ch there’s the door leave. The doctors thought I could have been having a miscarriage because of switching birth controls or pregnant and he wouldn’t have cared and hasn’t.
Honestly I’m not sure where we stand either idk what to do. I’m tired of always being the bad guy in his eyes. I’m tired of always having to be 100% for him and if I’m not I’m this horrible human being. If he can’t forgive me for a couple comments then why do I have to alway forgive him for his mistakes and hurtful words. Btw I had sever dehydration and complications from a sinus infection.
I’m also in a pickle cause if we do break up I’m still going to have to live with him regardless till I can find a place to live. I have gone down the mom route but she has told me I am not allowed to move back in with her I have to get my own place. I also did inform him of this in our talk.

I think one of the 3 dreams had reoccurent thing happened. Starts out im with my boyfriend in a house I assume its land or a ranch we are on. Theres a white horse ( i dont own horses) our cat, and newly our dog and other kinds of cats ( i dont own more than dog and cat in real life) anyways supposedly horse is important to his dad (possibly passed down to bf) last dream I lost the horse plain lost and freaked out ended before telling bf. This was similar only instead I decide to ride the horse to my moms work/plaza/movies it was kinda mixing in and out. Im focusing on movies. So i get to the area and the horse isnt stopping I was riding bareback and though I tried stopping it wouldnt. We then fight (weirdly) like I tried grabbing skin on the head and he tried biting and eventually Im flung off? I dont know horse is gone and I know it. thats the end of the only recurring portion of a couple random dreams I had just now. The second part was moms work (chiropactic office). I was walking around she told me be careful and sit in an area with this one lady on her phone. I bump into this bon tray of all sorts of needles like for ivs, taking blood, some oddly like corn on the cob holders i think things like that. She is irritated but i tell her dont worry I did it Ill pick it up. She asks if Im sure and Im like yes. Anyways the doctor (i know in real life) walks in immediately gets upset with her and asking why Im cleaning it. Despite me saying I was the one that did it. Then he starts talking to/about her / maybe me that this isnt just one thing but shows many things like about her cause she isnt a very "good" worker. That he wants better for her. This is where it blends back to the horse cause Im like oh no boyfriend needs the horse i need to find it. But just as everythings cleaned up (doctor helping) suddenly setting changed to sewing needles strewn on the floor. We pick up and then magically or forgotten part skips to a full on kitchen with tile instead of carpet. I know boyfriend needs horse cause the dad is coming or something of the sort. I get back to the house unsure how as I dont have the horse. Unsure if I tell bf or not just see all our pets through out house.
Last part of dream Im in a car taking normal route to work. Street layout the same but buildings surrounding areas are different. Anyways cars are trying to pass illegally. 2 roads but each going opposite direction. It gets weird like reality wise. Cars keeping coming in the opposite direction and then turning a street or passing cars by using my side (the wrong side). One in particular is going to fail a white suv. Its supposed to hit me but somehow it switches at same time (may have waken up at times and going back in to dream only thing that would make sense for the change) it almost hits red car and a motorcycle almost smashes in the middle and Im braking hard as I can. We all manage not to get hit and now the white suv is in front of red car (no idea how) Im laughing incredulously that I didnt crash or get hit. Motorcycle gone. So suv pulls into a corner drug store of some sort red car follows and speeds into parking. I go and park as Im a witness then a bunch of people also gather outside of their cars. Someone tells me nothing damaged but the guy (red car) was smiling.
Anything stand out about the dreams? Usually I dont remember so much vividly. Unless for a reason I need to resolve/come to peace with or just super sleepy enough that the crazy dream comes about.

I suppose this is more of a comment, than anything, but it's truly amazing to me how many people (friends, family, etc.) I speak to about this topic who look at me like I have 2 heads and 4 eyes. When we get into the details (if they actually talk to me about this) they get super defensive when I point out inconsistencies and holes in the RF's timeline (I'm from the US, which this defensive reaction kind of surprises me!). Someone else made a really great post about this subject and how people essentially cannot/do not want to accept that any of these horrible theories are correct / could be correct and proceed to just live in their little world and take everything the RF puts out as true and facts without delving into the full timeline and story - almost like a coping mechanism - because the possible "truth" is almost too traumatic and crazy to bear.
Anyway - truly grateful for this small albeit mighty subreddit and all of you! I'm genuinely concerned about Kate's welfare and my gut has this horrid feeling something is terribly wrong with regard to Kate and perhaps Louis and Charlotte as well. Can't shake this feeling I have she is incapacitated in some way (possibly dead already) and who knows about the other two kids...
I do have one question that I just have no idea about: does anyone have any ideas or theories as to IF/WHEN whatever announcement (???) will possibly go out? I mean it's been almost 6 months since the Dec. 28 episode and the last in-person sighting of K - how long can this truly go on without a in-person appearance of Kate and Louis and Charlotte?
Also - depending on what they "say" happened - what do you think the global reaction would be? If say, they allege she passed from cancer or something.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to give my itinerary here to see if anything is not as plausible as I'm thinking, or if I'm missing anything.
My dad and I are doing a trip to Glacier end of July. We're both fairly experienced hikers but are comfortable with the idea of not finishing some of these longer hikes, depending on how we feel.
Day 1: Leave early from Whitefish and go the long way around to St. Mary on the 2. Our campsite is in the town of St. Mary, outside the park. Check in and maybe do a hike like Siyeh Pass to Siyeh Bend, or something else eastward. Two Medicine area, maybe.
Day 2: Up early to do Highline trail. Depending on tiredness afterward, head farther west to Red rocks falls or avalanche lake (moreso driving/sightseeing at this point, taking shuttles instead of driving perhaps.) or even something smaller like Trail of the Cedars.
Day 3: Last day at campsite, pack up and check out early then head to Many Glacier for Grinnel Glacier trail. I bought the boat tickets so we don't need the separate vehicle reservation (correct me if I'm wrong). Then take GTTSR east to west, which also doesn't require a reservation. Leave the park from the west and head back down towards Missoula.
My one paranoid question: we don't need to get a park pass til we get there, right? Every other national park I've done that, but Glacier has so many more reservations and things I want to make sure we don't need to also book a pass super far in advance. We're renting a car so I won't have the license plate until we get it.
Any thoughts, recommendations, warnings?
Thanks everyone!

I‘ve seen Mike use a Yellow Desktop Synthesizer a couple of times but was never able to make out its name.
It can, among other videos, be seen here around the 16 min. mark: https://youtu.be/XIv0mflzSfA?si=5ITHMOt4elH-sffF
It‘d be super appreciated it someone could help me out on this. Its just that whenever i listen to his music (and i love listening to his music) some voice in my head pops up and goes „still havent figured out the name of that thing, huh?“ I need that voice silenced. Thanks <3

Ted- smiling widely before waving. "Hey there! I'm Ted, the head of marketing and HR. I'm so glad to see all of you new recruits. Before we get to the important stuff, lets get into some of the boring important stuff."
Laura- "Hey there, I'm Laura. I am in charge of administration and propaganda suppression. Please wave at your instructor."
Pause
Ted- Enters shot and stands next to Laura. "Thank you for your cooperation. If you waved you will now be shot. Next, Laura will go over the basic rules."
Ted exits to the right of the screen.
Laura- Smiling warmly while talking. "Rule number one: You may not leave at any time. You will be executed and your internals will be repurposed into product flavouring.
Rule number two: Do not spread propaganda(e.g, us killing people, us using executed people as food, any other true, compromising information, ect...). You will be sued, robbed and executed.
Rule number three: Maintain a healthy environment. We pride ourselves on a healthy workspace. That concludes the general rules."
Ted- "Wow! Laura sure knows what she's doing! But lets get on to something more important." Ted smiles before walking off camera, the shot switches to Ted standing in front of a facility map.
Ted- "I always like to begin by describing what it's like to be selected for machine use for the first time. It's so thrilling! You'll feel nervous at first, but then once you get sent into the processing chamber you'll be buzzing with excitement. Some people even run away screaming because they're so excited. I remember my first time..." Ted gazes off to the side as if reminiscing. Screaming sound effects and mechanical whirrs begin to play. Run... run... Ted returns to talking and you return to safety. The noise stops.
Ted- "Let's head over to see what Eugene is doing. He is head of Agriculture and Heavy Machinery at Maelstrom."
Eugene- "H-hey there. I'm Eu-Eugene Thomas. If you get selected for the machine, stay c-calm. Nothin' good comes from havin' a-a panic... And if you can, RUN! RUN AWAY AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND HIDE OUTSIDE OF THE EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH! THEY HAVE AGENTS EVERYWHERE!" The video cuts.
Laura- Unfortunately Eugene was a problem, so we eliminated him. Expect to see this a lot at your new job. We will use an AI generated course that we used to use instead of Eugene.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE MACHINE USE MINI TRAINING COURSE.
TODAY YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO OPERATE THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF THE MACHINE SO THAT THE MACHINE MAY FUNCTION PROPERLY. FIRST I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE MACHINE.
THE MAELSTROM EHC DEVICE ALSO KNOWN AS THE MACHINE IS A DEVICE USED TO CREATE THE CHOCOLATE DELICIOUSNESS THAT IS SHAPED INTO MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS. IT USES THREE MAIN INPUTS THAT IT MERGES INTO ONE DELICIOUS CHOCOLATY MIXTURE. THE MIXTURE IS COMPOSED OF A FEW THINGS.
FIRST OFF IS THE MECHANICAL INPUT. METALLIC AND MECHANICAL DEVICES ARE PLACED INTO THE MIXTURE OF CHOCOLATE SO THAT THE PROBLEM DISSASEMBLY SYSTEM MAY BE IMPLANTED INTO ALL THE CHOCOLATE BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS.
NEXT IS THE ORGANIC INPUT. A COMBINATION OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL FLESH IS GROUND UP INTO A TASTY SAVOURY CONCOTION ADDED TO ALL MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS. SOME ORGANS ARE KEPT IN TACT BEFORE BEING PROCESSED BY THE MACHINE OPERATOR.
FINALLY THERE IS THE FLAVOURING INPUT. THIS INPUT CONSISTS OF SYNTHETIC FLAVOURERS AND SWEETENERS. THIS IS WHAT GIVES THE MAELSTROM BARS AND SOME VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS ITS SIGNATURE FLAVOURING.
IF YOU ARE THE PROCESSOR YOU ARE IN THE MAIN EHC DEVICE CHAMBER IN THE CENTRE OF THE EHC DEVICE. YOU MUST CONTROL THE VARIOUS CONVEYORS AND PULLY SYSTEMS WHILE COMPLETING INCOMPLETE CODES THAT ARE OUTPUTTED BY THE STRING OUTPUT TERMINAL IN THE CHAMBER.
RULES:
ONCE THE MACHINE BEGINS TO PROCESS YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO COMPLETE. YOU MUST BE S.M.A.R.T.
Super vigilant
Maelstrom friendly
Active
Rigorous
Terrific worker
IF ANY MISTAKES OR BLEMISHES GET THROUGH THE BATCH WILL BE RUINED DUE TO EXCESS [REDACTED].
PROCESSING IS A DIFFICULT TASK FOR OUR MACHINE, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO REPAIR IT FREQUENTLY DURING THE SIX HOUR PROCESSING SEQUENCE. NOT DOING SO RISKS YOUR OWN BODILY HARM OR DEATH.
UNKNOWN PEOPLE WILL TRY TO ENTER THE CHAMBER YOU ARE IN AND STOP THE MACHINE. THEY SAY THEY WILL SAVE YOU BUT THEY WILL NOT. DO NOT LISTEN OR RISK BODILY HARM OR LETHAL EVENTS.
IF SOMETHING BAD IS ABOUT TO GET INTO THE BATCH, EXECUTE THE KILL CODE. THEN THE BATCH WILL NOT BE RUINED. HOWEVER YOU MUST NOW DO DOUBLE MACHINE DUTY AND WILL GET A STRIKE ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD. FALIURE TO DO AS THIS RULE SPECIFIES WILL RESULT IN DESSASEMBLY OF YOUR MUSCULAR-SKELETAL PARTS.
REFRAIN FROM CONSUMING UNPROCESSED PRODUCT. HUMAN MEAT, TITANIUM ALLOY, ARSENIC, CYANIDE, BONES, HUMAN CRANIAL STRUCTURES, RAW FLESH, ASBESTOS, AND HAIR IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CONSUMSTION AND MUST BE SAVED TO CREATE DELICIOUS MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS.
WHEN THE PROCESSING IS OVER YOU WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE CHAMBER. CRAWL BACK THROUGH THE MACHINE INTERIOR TO THE EXIT HATCH AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME, BIRTH DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH, AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER AND TITLE.
THAT CONCLUDES MACHINE TRAINING. THANK YOU FOR CO-OPERATING.
END PROGRAM(EHCDTRAINING)
EFFECTIVE IN_
3
2
1
PERMISSION FROM MealOS.
GRANTED_GRABSTATUS
STATUS == TRUE.
Ted- "Thanks for listening to us today!
Laura- "That concludes our lesson. Goodbye and:"
Ted and Laura- "Welcome to Maelstrom!"

Ted- smiling widely before waving. "Hey there! I'm Ted, the head of marketing and HR. I'm so glad to see all of you new recruits. Before we get to the important stuff, lets get into some of the boring important stuff."
Laura- "Hey there, I'm Laura. I am in charge of administration and propaganda suppression. Please wave at your instructor."
Pause
Ted- Enters shot and stands next to Laura. "Thank you for your cooperation. If you waved you will now be shot. Next, Laura will go over the basic rules."
Ted exits to the right of the screen.
Laura- Smiling warmly while talking. "Rule number one: You may not leave at any time. You will be executed and your internals will be repurposed into product flavouring.
Rule number two: Do not spread propaganda(e.g, us killing people, us using executed people as food, any other true, compromising information, ect...). You will be sued, robbed and executed.
Rule number three: Maintain a healthy environment. We pride ourselves on a healthy workspace. That concludes the general rules."
Ted- "Wow! Laura sure knows what she's doing! But lets get on to something more important." Ted smiles before walking off camera, the shot switches to Ted standing in front of a map showing a complex maze of narrow pipes, leading directly into a large chamber in the centre
Ted- "I always like to begin by describing what it's like to be selected for machine use for the first time. It's so thrilling! You'll feel nervous at first, but then once you get sent into the processing chamber you'll be buzzing with excitement. Some people even run away screaming because they're so excited. I remember my first time..." Ted gazes off to the side as if reminiscing. Screaming sound effects and mechanical whirrs begin to play. Run... run... Ted returns to talking and you return to safety. The noise stops.
Ted- "Let's head over to see what Eugene is doing. He is head of Agriculture and Heavy Machinery at Maelstrom."
Eugene- "H-hey there. I'm Eu-Eugene Thomas. If you get selected for the machine, stay c-calm. Nothin' good comes from havin' a-a panic... And if you can, RUN! RUN AWAY AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN AND HIDE OUTSIDE OF THE EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH! THEY HAVE AGENTS EVERYWHERE!" The video cuts.
Laura- Unfortunately Eugene was a problem, so we eliminated him. Expect to see this a lot at your new job. We will use an AI generated course that we used to use instead of Eugene.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE MACHINE USE MINI TRAINING COURSE.
TODAY YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO OPERATE THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF THE MACHINE SO THAT THE MACHINE MAY FUNCTION PROPERLY. FIRST I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE MACHINE.
THE MAELSTROM EHC DEVICE ALSO KNOWN AS THE MACHINE IS A DEVICE USED TO CREATE THE CHOCOLATE DELICIOUSNESS THAT IS SHAPED INTO MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS. IT USES THREE MAIN INPUTS THAT IT MERGES INTO ONE DELICIOUS CHOCOLATY MIXTURE. THE MIXTURE IS COMPOSED OF A FEW THINGS.
FIRST OFF IS THE MECHANICAL INPUT. METALLIC AND MECHANICAL DEVICES ARE PLACED INTO THE MIXTURE OF CHOCOLATE SO THAT THE PROBLEM DISSASEMBLY SYSTEM MAY BE IMPLANTED INTO ALL THE CHOCOLATE BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS.
NEXT IS THE ORGANIC INPUT. A COMBINATION OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL FLESH IS GROUND UP INTO A TASTY SAVOURY CONCOTION ADDED TO ALL MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS. SOME ORGANS ARE KEPT IN TACT BEFORE BEING PROCESSED BY THE MACHINE OPERATOR.
FINALLY THERE IS THE FLAVOURING INPUT. THIS INPUT CONSISTS OF SYNTHETIC FLAVOURERS AND SWEETENERS. THIS IS WHAT GIVES THE MAELSTROM BARS AND SOME VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS ITS SIGNATURE FLAVOURING.
IF YOU ARE THE PROCESSOR YOU ARE IN THE MAIN EHC DEVICE CHAMBER IN THE CENTRE OF THE EHC DEVICE. YOU MUST CONTROL THE VARIOUS CONVEYORS AND PULLY SYSTEMS WHILE COMPLETING INCOMPLETE CODES THAT ARE OUTPUTTED BY THE STRING OUTPUT TERMINAL IN THE CHAMBER.
RULES:
ONCE THE MACHINE BEGINS TO PROCESS YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO COMPLETE. YOU MUST BE S.M.A.R.T.
Super vigilant
Maelstrom friendly
Active
Rigorous
Terrific worker
IF ANY MISTAKES OR BLEMISHES GET THROUGH THE BATCH WILL BE RUINED DUE TO EXCESS [REDACTED].
PROCESSING IS A DIFFICULT TASK FOR OUR MACHINE, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO REPAIR IT FREQUENTLY DURING THE SIX HOUR PROCESSING SEQUENCE. NOT DOING SO RISKS YOUR OWN BODILY HARM OR DEATH.
UNKNOWN PEOPLE WILL TRY TO ENTER THE CHAMBER YOU ARE IN AND STOP THE MACHINE. THEY SAY THEY WILL SAVE YOU BUT THEY WILL NOT. DO NOT LISTEN OR RISK BODILY HARM OR LETHAL EVENTS.
IF SOMETHING BAD IS ABOUT TO GET INTO THE BATCH, EXECUTE THE KILL CODE. THEN THE BATCH WILL NOT BE RUINED. HOWEVER YOU MUST NOW DO DOUBLE MACHINE DUTY AND WILL GET A STRIKE ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD. FALIURE TO DO AS THIS RULE SPECIFIES WILL RESULT IN DESSASEMBLY OF YOUR MUSCULAR-SKELETAL PARTS.
REFRAIN FROM CONSUMING UNPROCESSED PRODUCT. HUMAN MEAT, TITANIUM ALLOY, ARSENIC, CYANIDE, BONES, HUMAN CRANIAL STRUCTURES, RAW FLESH, ASBESTOS, AND HAIR IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CONSUMSTION AND MUST BE SAVED TO CREATE DELICIOUS MAELSTROM BARS AND VARIOUS MAELSTROM PRODUCTS.
WHEN THE PROCESSING IS OVER YOU WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE CHAMBER. CRAWL BACK THROUGH THE MACHINE INTERIOR TO THE EXIT HATCH AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME, BIRTH DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH, AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER AND TITLE.
THAT CONCLUDES MACHINE TRAINING. THANK YOU FOR CO-OPERATING.
END PROGRAM(EHCDTRAINING)
EFFECTIVE IN_
3
2
1
PERMISSION FROM MealOS.
GRANTED_GRABSTATUS
STATUS == TRUE.
Ted- "Thanks for listening to us today!
Laura- "That concludes our lesson. Goodbye and:"
Ted and Laura- "Welcome to Maelstrom!"

Have you ever heard that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space? Yep. Sure thing.
Somewhere along the line, someone claimed you could see the Great Wall of China from space with the naked eye. This idea took off like wildfire, finding its way into textbooks, TV shows, and even pub trivia nights. It's a cool concept, right? Too bad it's just not true.
When astronauts started heading up to space, they were probably looking forward to spotting the Great Wall. But guess what? They couldn't see it. Despite its impressive length, the wall is pretty narrow and made of materials that blend right into the landscape. Without a super zoom lens, it's basically camouflaged.
So, what can you see from space? Plenty of man-made stuff, actually! Big airports, sprawling cities, and even major highways are way more noticeable from space. At night, city lights create dazzling displays that are hard to miss.
So there you have it: the Great Wall of China isn't visible from space, but that doesn't make it any less amazing. Next time someone drops that "fact" at a party, you'll be ready to set the record straight with a smile, and be the most boring git there.

Since there's been a few discussions lately about the best hoverboards, I thought I'd give my two cents as well. And hopefully it's good advice for someone looking for insight on hoverboards too. The best hoverboard for me depends on the type of run I'm doing:
For regular runs (i.e., Daily High Score and Marathon), I use Electro Shock. As far as I can see, it's the only board with both smooth drift and double jump. Meaning that you can go higher up and glide longer than any other board, if you do the double jump with super sneakers on. I often spend my entire hoverboard time only at the highest altitudes, gliding through the sky, only landing atop the large tunnels, and enjoying a birds eye view of the city. It's helpful because you need to save your energy on these long runs and make sure your hands/thumbs don't get tired, especially if you're going for champion or personal record on Daily High Score. So what better way to save your energy than to glide effortlessly, rather than tire out your thumbs trying to dodge obstacles or changing directions.
For timed runs (i.e., Season Challenge and Tag Time Attack), I currently use Yellow Sub, though any board with both super speed and super jump work as well (cue the Monster fans). But now that Alarm On is available (super speed, super jump, AND smooth drift), the first board that has three powers, that will be my board of choice for timed runs once I'm able to get it from the event. Using these boards, I can usually get all the rewards in one run, as the super speed helps me get to the next hourglass faster, combined with deliberately crashing in order to get a jetpack or head start before the clock runs out.
For obstacle runs (i.e., Mystery Hurdles and Floor is Lava), I use Lumberjack. Staying low and not having to swipe down before every obstacle takes away 80% of your anxiety for these types of runs, plus helps you save your energy. Not to mention, the double jump for Lumberjack means that you can get yourself out of any pickle. The only time I ever crash on Mystery Hurdles is when I can't react fast enough to a solid hurdle. Any other hurdle isn't a problem anymore!
Which boards do you all prefer? Any other boards work better for you on certain game events?
Originally part of another post's comment thread but edited to reflect the current classic season.

Hello fellow potatoes! And to the potato queen herself, girl, you're amazing!!! I just found your channel a few months ago, but I'm a huge fan. I don't have a lot of time for videos, but when I do get to watch, I watch yours.
Have I got a boomemil story for you! Let's go on an adventure...warning...I tell stories with rabbit holes and tangents. This is probably gonna be too long. I'm sorry!!!
So, the characters are me (40f), boomer MIL (64f BM for short, like bowel movement bc she's caca), my oldest son, (17m), and my church "mom" (65f CM for short).
A little background: BM thinks she's an awesome mom and grandma even though she's not. She uses my kids as facebook props to show off how "wonderful" she is. The only reason she was around my kids so often was because we went to the same church. She lived 10 minutes down the road from us, but could never be bothered to come over or have anything to do with any of us is if we didn't initiate. She has always said that if we ever try to threaten to keep our kids away from her, like if we were having a disagreement, that she would not fight to see them. We've never threatened to keep our kids from her, she just wanted us to know that she didn't give a sh!t to see her gandkids. So, that tells you right there, that she's a grandma when it's convenient for her.
She's of the boomer mentality that mental health issues are made up and aren't real. "You have nothing to be depressed about." "Just snap out if it." "Just be happy." You get the point. I struggle with depression, I always have. She doesn't understand or even try to understand and is the least empathetic person I've ever met.
When I get overwhelmed, I get depressed, and I start shutting down. My plate is overflowing right now. Between the end of the school year and the possibility of us moving states, I've been overwhelmed. My oldest is a senior and the last month of senior year is crazy busy. I have another child (11m) in public school and this is his last year of elementary school, so this has been an extremely busy month for him. I have 3 more kids that do online public school/homeschool. So, they're home all day with online classes, but since they're a public school, they have mandatory state testing just like regular public school. I have had to take them to do state testing on 4 different days overyhe last few weeks and the meeting place was 45 minutes from home, at a conference room in a mall. I also babysit 3 kids (1m, 4m, 4f), so hanging out for 4 to 5 hours a day on 4 different days with a shitload of kids at the f#cking mall was not easy. Not to mention the positions and "jobs" that I hold at church. To say I'm busy is an understatement.
We've been planning on moving for the last few months because a position at my husband's work is coming open near where he grew up, which is in another state. His parents recently moved back to their hometown after my FIL retired, so one reason for the move would be to be closer to them. They are getting older, so I would be taking care of them once they needed it, so moving closer seemed like a great option. Also, it's a lower COL area than we live in now. Currently we live in the metro area of a capital city and we would be moving to a middle of nowhere po'dunk town.
Told you, rabbit holes, thanks for still being with me!!!
And this is just the straw that broke the camel's back, this is not the only reason for my decision.
So, to the actual story...
Last week, I got a mother's day card in the mail from BM. She's a dollar tree card fanatic. It was a very typical card that she sends me. Nothing handwritten except for "love, grandma and grandpa." This is what she writes in all my cards. (Another tangent...last year my mom passed a month before mother's day and that actual mother's day was her and my dad's anniversary. And I had a super complicated relationship with my momster. So, it was an exceptionally hard day for me. The card she got me said "Daughter" in huge letters on the front. I thought it was so incredibly passive aggressive and completely inappropriate for that year. If it would've been any other year, it would've been fine. Also, she never gets me cards that just say "daughter" so, to me, it was a low blow.) (Yet another tangent...she does passive aggressive crap all the time, for instance when she used to do fb birthday posts, she would always ask me to send her a pic to post. I'm picky about what pics are used and she knows that. Last year, I sent her a great pic of me and her son to use. So, she used one from about 12 years ago that looked like absolute poop. It was a surprise pic, so like not even posed, stupid look on my face. No matter what pic I send, and usually send like 3, she uses a completely different one that doesn't even look good.) I got the card last Tuesday. Hubby happened to be talking to her while driving home from work that day, so when he got home, I thanked her for the card and just wanted to give her a heads up that I hadn't gotten a chance to mail hers yet because of everything I had going on. I kinda broke down and was sharing how I felt and she basically just said, "suck it up, it'll be fine." She's always been dismissive of my feelings, always.
So, my CM is the sweetest lady you'll ever meet. She listens to me, lets me share my feelings without being dismissive, and actually shows she cares. I see her twice weekly at church, and text with her during the week. Since BM has moved 8 moths ago, she has called or texted "just to talk or check in on us" less than a handful of times. She only calls/texts when she needs something or on a special occasion. She called my husband to ask about something, not just to talk. I understand now why the oldest grandson, my nephew, didn't even bother to invite her to his and his girlfriend's baby shower where he proposed. She thinks she's an amazing grandma bc she sends birthday money in a card and posts their pics on Facebook. And, she even stopped posting the kids birthday messages on fb bc she said it was "too much trouble." So, she just sticks to her 30 daily inspirational Bible quotes posts. She's the type that was so pissed off that both of her kids went with courthouse marriages instead of going into debt for a wedding because she didn't get to walk down the aisle at her kids' weddings and post pics on fb. She's mentioned this several times, but definitely wasn't even willing to spend a dime towards a wedding that no one wanted except her. She was also unwilling to take a day off work to go to the courthouse with us. With both of her kids' marriages, the kids and partners were together for a while and had kids before getting married, so spending tons of money on a huge wedding for either of us couples wouldn't have been the best way to spend money.
On mother's day, I gave my CM a card with a few lines written in it about how amazing she is and how I'm so grateful for her. I'm way closer to her than BM. CM is my chosen family and to me, your chosen family is the one that means more because you chose them, you didn't just get stuck with them. My blood family is incredibly toxic, so I stick with my chosen family. CM made a fb post with all that she got for mother's day. It was gifts and cards from her own children, and of course my card as well. CM & BM are fb friends, so of course BM saw it. Also, BM has everyone convinced she's this sweet, little old church lady, but she is far from it.
So, this Tuesday she got her cards in the mail. I always give her one from hubby and myself, and a separate one from our boys. I wrote a nice little note in it. Not long, a line or 2, but it was more effort than she put into my card. She sent me and hubby the following in a group text...
Copy and pasted, only edited out names.
"Got my cards in the mail today. 😭. They were post marked Saturday. You could of kept them til I got there or next year. It's like yall bought them Saturday, wrote a few words and rushed to get them to post office. My heart 💔broken. I thought I deserved better. I wish I could send pictures of my card verses [CM] 😩 card. I couldnt tell which gift was yours. But least I have a year to try do better and be worthy of such wonderful words of love and praise that was written to her.
I don't mean to complain or seem ungrateful but I wished you hadn't mailed them.😭😭. I can't explain how crushed I am.😔 Anyway hopefully I will see yall on the 20th."
Note: my oldest son is graduating on the 20th. She was supposed to drive down and spend the night with us to attend the graduation. I honestly believe she picked this fight because she doesn't want to drive the 6 hours down here.
If you "don't mean to complain or seem ungrateful" then why tf did you send it? I asked my husband what was his initial reaction and he said, "Really?!? All she had to do was say thanks."
So, after I talked to my husband and oldest son (I wanted to make sure everyone was on board with what I was saying before I sent it) , I sent her this response:
"I mailed them on Friday, I bought them several weeks ago. I told you I hadn't mailed them yet because I've been in a deep depression and you dismissed my feelings like always. I have real, valid feelings and you always dismissed them as silly. And come after me because now you're feelings are hurt. Wow, ok. The absolute audacity. And it's not just with your cards that I'm slacking. It's with everything. Because I have depression. I'm overwhelmed on top of that and literally the only thing you care about is a card. I tried to express my feelings the other day on the phone and you dismissed them like you always do. I know things will be fine, but in this moment they are not and you don't get that. Because you don't understand how or why I feel the way I do, then my feelings are silly or invalid to you.
And I never gave [CM] a present. Don't know why you thought that.
Don't worry about coming down on the 20th."
She replies by trying to blackmail me;
"Well my am so sorry I said anything. I never realized you thought that about me. I never dismissed your depression but yes i never knew what to do for you. I am not going to go back and forth about this. I will text [son] and let him know you told me not to come."
She's not sorry to me for being dismissive, she's sorry because now she doesn't get her "Proud MeMe moment" and can't post pictures of her at his graduation on fb. And even if she didn't "know what to do" for me, all she had to do was ask. Or listen. Or give a damn hug. But, no, she just dismissed me bc to her depression isn't real. And she's not going back and forth bc she knows shes wrong! Little did she know that I had already cleared it with hubby and son before sending the text, so I think she thought it would make me look bad to my oldest son that I told her no to come. Oldest son said, "I'm neutral, I don't care if she comes or not. It's not like she's had anything to do with us since she moved, and barely had anything to do with us when she was here."
So, my last text to her said, "He knows. I asked him before I texted you, and he's good with it."
All she had to do was say thanks or not even say anything at all. But, no, she had to say something stupid. Even her own son said that she's lucky she even got a card bc if it was up to him, her actual son, she wouldn't have gotten anything. So, not only is she not invited to the graduation, she's never welcome in my home again. The great part is I don't have to share my holidays with her ever again!!! And please know that I'd never keep her grandchildren from her, but if she wants a relationship with them, she'll have to put some effort in. And we all know boomers hate effort.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading my rant. I appreciate you my friends!

I’m 21F and 5’0” and 105 lbs, and I’m really wondering what’s going on with me. I have a plethora of mental and physical symptoms. My parents never had health insurance (we still don’t) so I never really went to the doctor growing up. I know this isn’t great news, but I have an interview today and am getting insurance ASAP if all goes well.
I’m including mental illnesses in the diagnosis because I’ve heard that sometimes they manifest physically, so I’m just covering my bases.
“Symptoms”:

• constant diarrhea. has been happening for over a year now, and is daily. but i’m not bloated or gassy, i just get some pain and sudden urges to go. no weight gain/loss either.
• blood sugar problems. (we assume.) if i don’t eat every few hours, I start to shut down. I get weak, my head is extra foggy, I start sweating and shivering, and I get super nauseous. This can be anywhere from 2-5 hours after a meal. It usually happens in the day, but it happened in the middle of the night this week and I collapsed on my bedroom floor with my poor husband pressing cold objects to my skin to cool me because i was burning up.
• extreme temperature sensitivity. It goes both ways. If it’s above 75°, my vision blurs and sometimes goes black. I don’t sweat, I just start getting weak and dizzy and disoriented (and angry.) If it’s below 70° inside or below 50° outside, my toes and half of my foot goes completely numb and turns white. (Raynauds). I also just shiver the entire time, even indoors.
• constant fatigue and brain fog.
• no appetite or libido at all. i actually get nauseous at the idea of food, no matter how much i love it.
• air hunger. i’m always yawning and feel out of breath. my friends for years have noticed how fast my breaths are, and my heart.
• coat hanger pain. this one is VERY SPECIFIC, and probably my earliest symptom besides raynauds. sitting or standing, most days i have such severe pain between my shoulders and neck on the left side that i just walk around holding it, massaging it, trying to ease it.

Diagnoses (and suspected/mentioned ones by other people i’ve talked with and researched with, which i’ll label):

• Raynauds
• POTS (suspected)
• IBS-D (suspected)
• Hyperthyroidism (mentioned)
• Hypoglycemia (mentioned)
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Autism (suspected)
• ADHD (suspected)
• OCD (mentioned)

I had blood work done for EVERYTHING in January and all of my levels were somewhere in the middle of the normal range.
I talked to a doctor online 4 times before I left my job and she prescribed me Lexapro and Wellbutrin to try and ease my anxiety (because it may be the cause of my diarrhea). The medications did not work for me at all, they had absolutely no affect on anything.

I think my egg is finally cracked, I’ve been doing a lot of make up recently and loving it. Thinking so much about the name I’d rather have and how much I hate my name. Thinking about the ways that presenting as a man makes me feel so uncomfortable and how taking on the aspects of a woman and carrying myself like a woman feels good. The final thing was I bought some padded bras just to see if it would feel good or not and it honestly does. I really like the way it looks on me. At the same time my head is kind of spinning right now and I’m not feeling super good about it at the same time. Like I love it but I also hate it bc all I can see is how my shoulders are too wide. This is dysphoria right? Any advice would be super welcome please

Well, I'll give a little insight into my journey. My brother has been diagnosed with Meniere's but i haven't yet. I have an appointment scheduled with ENT in July, pretty certain I have it though. I have constant tinnitus and a almost constant weighted feeling that starts from my right eye which feels like it has been punched and this feeling connects to the full feeling of my inner right ear, also i get vertigo after tilting my head or making a sudden or jarring movement. I'm almost 47 and I just started experiencing these symptoms, which sounds almost common with the disease but I've also happened to be pretty sedated and anxious for the last 20 years. I was honorably discharged from the army and diagnosed with ptsd and general anxiety disorder and right away fed benzos and i anxiety can mask dizziness but i think benzos can also turn off transmitters in your brain or sedate them at least. Anyways, i quit Clonazepam about two years ago now and seems that the neurotransmitters have fired back up a bit and i feel these sensations just fine now. I also see that my underlying condition of anxiety is very much still there.
So to begin this new chapter in my battle with anxiety i went to see my mental health doctor who prescribed me Buspar for it and has subsided it somewhat again but not sedated me so much that i can still feel my arthritis, which has helped me discover psoriasis and good old restless leg syndrome. I have appointments scheduled with rheumatology and neurology. I was diagnosed with the psoriasis from dermatology but was told it wasn't severe enough to put my body in fight or flight mode. I'm not sure how they can tell that by just looking at the skin though. I have had lab work done which said i have inflammation and all my life I've had abnormally high white blood cell count. I know that psoriasis alone is a autoimmune disease and thought it could be the cause of my anxiety but i guess my whole purpose of this rant is to see if anyone else has had this experience and if maybe by luck they got a clue to look at it a way i haven't yet. I've been called a hypochondriac and I've gotten my blood pressure super high from researching this but i feel it's up to me, my doctors are too busy.. they just want to put me back on klonopin. So yeah if you have any guidance for general anxiety disorder with Meniere's and how to help it.. i'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!